Outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease caused by Coxsackie A16 virus in a childcare centre in Croatia, February to March 2011

S Ljubin-Sternak; V Slavic-Vrzic; T Vilibić-Čavlek; B Aleraj; I Gjenero-Margan

doi:10.2807/ese.16.21.19875-en

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Outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease caused by Coxsackie A16 virus in a childcare centre in Croatia, February to March 2011
S Ljubin-Sternak¹ , V Slavic-Vrzic² , T Vilibić-Čavlek¹ , B Aleraj³ , I Gjenero-Margan⁴
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Virology, Croatian National Institute of Public Health, and School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia ² Department of Epidemiology, Zagreb County Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia ³ Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia ⁴ Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb and School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia

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Citation style for this article: Ljubin-Sternak S, Slavic-Vrzic V, Vilibić-Čavlek T, Aleraj B, Gjenero-Margan I. Outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease caused by Coxsackie A16 virus in a childcare centre in Croatia, February to March 2011 . Euro Surveill. 2011;16(21):pii=19875. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.21.19875-en Received: 11 May 2011

Abstract

We describe an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in a childcare centre in a district of Zagreb county, north-west Croatia. A total of eleven cases of HFMD occurred in the childcare centre and another nine were reported from nearby areas in the district. Coxsackie A16 virus was diagnosed in 13 clinical specimens obtained from 11 symptomatic and asymptomatic children. All cases resolved without complications.