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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2019

Enterovirus-Associated Hand-Foot and Mouth Disease and Neurological Complications in Japan and the Rest of the World.

Gabriel Gonzalez, Michael J Carr, Masaaki Kobayashi, Nozomu Hanaoka, Tsuguto Fujimoto

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
70citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 122 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. First Report of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) Outbreak in the West Bank, Palestine: Molecular Characterization of Coxsackievirus A16 (CV-A16).The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2025
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10 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Gabriel GonzalezDivision of Bioinformatics, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan. gagonzalez@czc.hokudai.ac.jp.
Michael J CarrNational Virus Reference Laboratory, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland. michael.carr@ucd.ie.
Masaaki KobayashiKobayashi Pediatric Clinic, Fujieda 426-0067, Japan. koba-m@if-n.ne.jp.
Nozomu HanaokaDivision 4, Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. nozomu@nih.go.jp.
Tsuguto FujimotoDivision 4, Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. fujimo-t@nih.go.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-4861-4349
National Institute of Infectious Diseases · JPHokkaido University · JPUniversity College Dublin · IE

Funding

Daido Life Welfare Foundation, Japan 2018-9Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development 19fk0108084j0501
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enteroviruses (EVs) are responsible for extremely large-scale, periodic epidemics in pediatric cohorts, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. Clinical presentation includes a diverse disease spectrum, including hand-foot and mouth disease (HFMD), aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, acute flaccid paralysis, and acute flaccid myelitis. HFMD is predominantly attributable to EV-A types, including the major pathogen EV-A71, and coxsackieviruses, particularly CV-A6, CV-A16, and CV-A10. There have been multiple EV-A71 outbreaks associated with a profound burden of neurological disease and fatal outcomes in Asia since the early 1980s. Efficacious vaccines against EV-A71 have been developed in China but widespread pediatric vaccination programs have not been introduced in other countries. Encephalitis, as a consequence of complications arising from HFMD infection, leads to damage to the thalamus and medulla oblongata. Studies in Vietnam suggest that myoclonus is a significant indicator of central nervous system (CNS) complications in EV-A71-associated HFMD cases. Rapid response in HFMD cases in children is imperative to prevent the progression to a CNS infection; however, prophylactic and therapeutic agents have not been well established internationally, therefore surveillance and functional studies including development of antivirals and multivalent vaccines is critically important to reduce disease burden in pediatric populations.

Indexed as

Developed CountriesDeveloping CountriesEnterovirusEnterovirus InfectionsHand, Foot and Mouth DiseaseHumansIncidenceJapanNervous System Diseasescentral nervous system complicationsencephalitisenterovirus A71hand-foot and mouth diseasemolecular characterization

Identifiers

PMID31635198
PMCPMC6834195
OpenAlexW2980960897

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