Volume 9, Number 1, January 2003

Epidemic Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Caused by Human Enterovirus 71, Singapore

Kwai Peng Chan,* Kee Tai Goh,† Chia Yin Chong,‡ Eng Swee Teo,§ Gilbert Lau,§ and Ai Ee Ling*
*Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore; †National Environment Agency, Singapore, Republic of Singapore, ‡Kandang Kerbau Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore; and §Centre for Forensic Medicine, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Figure 1. Number of cases of hand, foot and mouth disease reported to the Singapore Ministry of Environment as surveillance for the disease, July 2000–March 2001. Each epidemiologic week begins on Sunday. Mandatory reporting of the disease began on October 1, 2000.

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