Volume 9, Number 1—January 2003
Research
Epidemic Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Caused by Human Enterovirus 71, Singapore
Table 1
Age distribution of clinical and virus-positive hand, foot and mouth disease patients
Age (yrs) | No. clinical cases (%) | No. virus-positive cases (%) |
---|---|---|
<1 |
16 (9.1) |
11 (10.6) |
1 |
44 (25.2) |
32 (30.8) |
2 |
41 (23.4) |
24 (23.1) |
3 |
21 (12.0) |
14 (13.5) |
4 |
16 (9.1) |
8 (7.7) |
5 |
8 (4.6) |
6 (5.8) |
6 |
6 (3.4) |
4 (3.9) |
7 |
4 (2.3) |
1 (0.9) |
8 |
3 (1.7) |
2 (1.9) |
9 |
1 (0.6) |
0 (0.0) |
10 |
3 (1.7) |
1 (0.9) |
>10 |
12 (6.9) |
1 (0.9) |
Total | 175 (100.0) | 104 (100.0) |