Virus EV71, which is the main cause of hand-foot-mouth disease, remains prevalent in southern Dong Nai Province, shown by a random test among a group of people in the community.
Virus EV71, which is the main cause of hand-foot-mouth disease, remains prevalent in southern Dong Nai Province, shown by a random test among a group of people in the community.
The test was conducted on throat fluid of 10 people, including adults and children, by the provincial Preventive Medicine Centre in June.
The province has reported 3,400 hand-foot-mouth cases since the beginning of this year, including one death. The number saw a year-on-year increase of 40 per cent.
(Source: VNS)
