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. 2012 Oct;18(10):1702-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid1810.120813.

Hand, foot, and mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus a6

Kelly Flett, Ilan Youngster, Jennifer Huang, Alexander McAdam, Thomas J Sandora, Marcus Rennick, Sandra Smole, Shannon L Rogers, W Allan Nix, M Steven Oberste, Stephen Gellis, Asim A Ahmed

Hand, foot, and mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus a6

Kelly Flett et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Oct.
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Manifestations of hand, foot, and mouth disease in patients, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2012. Discrete superficial crusted erosions and vesicles symmetrically distributed in the perioral region (A), in the perianal region (B), and on the dorsum of the hands (C).
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