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. 2001 Jan-Feb;7(1):146–148. doi: 10.3201/eid0701.700146

Pathologic studies of fatal cases in outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease, Taiwan.

W J Shieh 1, S M Jung 1, C Hsueh 1, T T Kuo 1, A Mounts 1, U Parashar 1, C F Yang 1, J Guarner 1, T G Ksiazek 1, J Dawson 1, C Goldsmith 1, G J Chang 1, S M Oberste 1, M A Pallansch 1, L J Anderson 1, S R Zaki 1
PMCID: PMC2631691  PMID: 11266307

Abstract

In 1998, an outbreak of enterovirus 71-associated hand, foot, and mouth disease occurred in Taiwan. Pathologic studies of two fatal cases with similar clinical features revealed two different causative agents, emphasizing the need for postmortem examinations and modern pathologic techniques in an outbreak investigation.

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