Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease -- Japan
After reporting just under 70 000 cases of the viral infection, hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in 2016, cases increased several times in 2017, according to data from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan via the World Health Organization (WHO).
Last year [2017], officials reported 358 764 HFMD cases, the most since 2015, when more than 380 000 cases were reported.
HFMD is typically a benign and self-limiting disease. Most common in young children, it presents as fever,
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5594550&promed&0
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