583 suspected HFMD cases recorded in Mongolia

2008-05-16 10:16:28 [ Big Normal Small ]    　Comment

 ULAN BATOR, May 15 (Xinhua) -- A total of 583 suspected hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) cases have been recorded in Mongolia, the country's General Authority for Emergency Management(GAEM) said Thursday.

    The cases were reported in the Mongolian capital and 10 provinces, the GAEM said, adding that there have been no deaths yet.

    Mongolia has set up an emergency committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister Miegombyn Enkhbold to take measures to prevent the spread of the epidemic.

    The first suspected HFMD case in Mongolia was reported on May 8in the Mongolian capital.

    HFMD is a common illness among infants and children and characterized by fever, sores in the mouth and a rash with blisters.

    Individual cases and outbreaks of HFMD occur regularly worldwide, more frequently in the summer and early autumn. In the past decade, major outbreaks of HFMD attributable to EV71 have been reported in southeast Asia including Malaysia in 1997 and China in 1998.

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