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Infection Caused by Coxsackievirus A16 in Baltimore, June Through September 1968

Jonathan L. Adler, MD; Steven R. Mostow, MD; Harold Mellin, MD; John H. Janney, MD, MPH; J. Mehsen Joseph, PhD

Am J Dis Child. 1970;120(4):309-313.

Abstract
An outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus A16 occurred in Baltimore during the summer of 1968. Cases were identified in several sections of the city. The presenting complaints were sore mouth, anorexia, and rash. An exanthem, primarily on the hands and feet, was noted in 85% of the cases and all cases were associated with stomatitis. In 20 of 25 (75%) presumptive cases studied, the patients were shown to be infected with coxsackievirus A16, and 44% of asymptomatic family contacts also showed evidence of infection with the virus. Seventy-five percent of the patients with laboratory-confirmed cases were under the age of 5 years, and 53% of the positive family contacts were adults. That many adults and older children were found to be infected with coxsackievirus A16, probably indicates that the population had not been exposed to the virus before.

Author Affiliations
Atlanta; Baltimore

From the Bacterial Diseases Branch (Dr. Adler), the Microbiology Branch (Dr. Mostow), and the Field Services Branch (Dr. Mellin), Epidemiology Program, National Communicable Disease Center, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Public Health Service, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta; and the Division of Communicable Diseases (Dr. Janney), and the Bureau of Laboratories (Dr. Joseph), Maryland State Department of Health, Baltimore. Dr. Adler is now with Channing Laboratories, Boston. Dr. Mostow is now with the Department of Medicine, Cleveland Metropolitan Hospital, Cleveland. Dr. Mellin is now with the Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.

Footnotes
Received for publication April 23, 1970.

Reprint requests to Epidemiology Program, National Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta 30333.

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