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Onychomadesis and potential association with HFMD outbreak in a kindergarten in Hubei province, China, 2017.

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BACKGROUND:In 2017, an outbreak of onychomadesis occurred in kindergarten H, Hubei province, China. We investigated the field to learn about the magnitude and reason of the outbreak. METHODS:The case definition was that a child with onychomadesis or transverse ridging (Beau's line) in fingernails and toenails without previous traumatic or systemic disease in kindergarten H from Sep. 1st to Nov. 30th, 2017. A retrospective cohort study was carried out to analyze the epidemiological relationship between onychomadesis and the hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in Primary Class #2, kindergarten H. We also performed a serological survey for neutralizing antibodies against coxsackie virus A6 (CVA6), coxsackie virus A10 (CVA10) among 15 cases and six healthy children in the kindergarten. Meanwhile, some children were carried out with routine blood, fungal microscopic and microelement tests. Indoor environment examinations had been done for all classes. RESULTS:A total of 20 cases were identified in Kindergarten H. Seventy-five percent (15/20) cases occurred in Primary Class #2. Fifty-five percent of the cases (11/20) had suffered from HFMD within two months. The median time between onychomadesis and HFMD was 45 days (ranging from 31 to 58 days). A retrospective cohort study in Primary Class #2 showed the attack rate was 90.0% among 10 children who suffered from HFMD in the past two months compared to 30.0% among 20 children who didn't (Rate Ratio [RR] =3.0, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] =1.5-6.0). The positive rates of neutralizing antibodies were 66.7% for CVA6 and 26.7% for CVA10 in tested cases. The result of routine blood, fungal microscopic, microelements tests were normal in cases. The indicators of environment were within the normal range. CONCLUSION:The results of this study suggested that the outbreak of onychomadesis in Hubei province was probably associated with HFMD epidemic within two months.

journal_name

BMC Infect Dis

journal_title

BMC infectious diseases

authors

Li D,Wu Y,Xing X,Huang J,Mao A,Liu T,Rao P,Qin W,Zhang L,Feng L,Gao S,Guan X

doi

10.1186/s12879-019-4560-8

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-11-26 00:00:00

pages

995

issue

issn

1471-2334

pii

10.1186/s12879-019-4560-8

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Onychomadesis and potential association with HFMD outbreak in a kindergarten in Hubei province, China, 2017.