OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (19): 2728-2731.

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Progress of research in economic burden of HFMD

WANG Yaru1, LU Yihan2   

  1. 1. Prevention Department,Fengjing Town Community Health Service Center in Jinshan District of Shanghai,Shanghai 201500,China;
    2. Department of Epidemiology,School of Public Health,Fudan University,Shanghai 200032,China
  • Received:2023-02-16 Revised:2023-03-07 Online:2023-10-01 Published:2026-03-26
  • Contact: LU Yihan,Associate professor,E-mail:luyihan@fudan.edu.cn

Abstract: Hand-foot-and-mouth disease(HFMD) is an acute infectious disease with high incidence in children caused by a variety of human enterovirus infections.The affected population is young,highly infectious and critically ill,which brings a heavy economic burden to the family and society.This paper focuses on the research on the economic burden of HFMD at home and abroad since 2008,and systematically expounds it from the time,disease type,case severity and different components of the economic burden,so as to provide a scientific basis for policy-making.

Key words: Hand-foot-and-mouth disease, Economic burden, Progress

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