Herpangina is a mouth infection caused by coxsackieviruses in the genus Enterovirus, the family Picornaviridae of +ssRNA viruses, affecting mostly children in summer.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
H01327 Herpangina
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral infections characterised by skin or mucous membrane lesions
1F05 Picornavirus infections presenting in the skin or mucous membranes
H01327 Herpangina
Pathogen
Enterovirus A (Coxsackievirus A) [GN:T40103]
Other DBs
ICD-11:
1F05.1
ICD-10:
B08.5
MeSH:
D006557
MedlinePlus:
000969
Reference
PMID:17671037
Authors
Chen KT, Chang HL, Wang ST, Cheng YT, Yang JY
Title
Epidemiologic features of hand-foot-mouth disease and herpangina caused by enterovirus 71 in Taiwan, 1998-2005.