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RE: Childhood Diseases – On a Mission to Educate: Hand, Foot, & Mouth Disease
I don’t recall hearing of this disease before the year 2000ish. Was it called something else? Was it less common? Is it a fairly new disease?
I found the following information: "Hand foot and mouth disease was first reported in NewZealand in 1957 [1]. It was first discovered by Daldorf and Sickles [2]. It can be considered as the oldest viral infection as it was mentioned in European hieroglyphs way back in 1,400 BC [2]. It is a disease caused by Coxsacie virus A16." Hope this answered your questions. :D
Thanks, I only asked because I thought you might have come across the info, but it was kind of you to look it up. I’m amazed I’d never heard about it before the early 2000’s
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