HFMD

785 HFMD Cases In Singapore: Schools May Be Closed

There has been an alarming increase in the number of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases in Singapore, with the figures reaching 785, last week //. This is twice greater than the number of cases infected the preceding week, said the Health ministry. An average of 113 and 174 cases of ...

Malaysia : Fear of HFMD Disease Leads To Closure Of 500 Kindergarten Schools

Kuala Lumpur - Nearly 500 kindergarten schools on the island of Borneo have been ordered to close ,after four children , from the eastern Malaysian state of Sarawak// succumbed to the hand, foot and mouth viral disease, according to the reports from the official news agency today. Health Mini...

Malaysia to Beef in Medical Care to Fight against HFMD

In Kuala Lumpur there is an outbreak of the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). Eight children have already lost their lives in Sarawak state//. Hence to calm down the situation the state government has worked out a series of preventive measures. It was said that about 187 new cases were reported...

Two Year Old Dies Due To HFMD

In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia a two-year-old boy dies at the hospital after he was admitted showing various symptoms of the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). // This happened in Sarawak state, eastern Malaysia. Totally the disease has killed about eight people including the death of the boy. ...

HFMD in Medical Dictionary

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease

..., foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a human syndrome caused by intestinal viruses of the Picornaviridae family. The most common strains causing hfmd are Coxsackie A virus and Enterovirus 71 (EV71). Foot - and - mouth disease , FMD or hoof- and - mouth disease is a highly contagious a...