Assessing the impact of ambient temperature on the risk of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Guangdong, China: New insight from the disease severity and burden.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Zhicheng Du, Wangjian Zhang, Shicheng Yu, Shao Lin, Yuantao Hao
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Daly
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010470; https://doaj.org/article/dace1fb101034c8199f7c552349ff4a4

Background The association between the incidence of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) and ambient temperature has been well documented. Although the severity of symptoms is an important indicator of disease burden and varies significantly across cases, it usually was ignored in previous studies,...