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Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

Late-stage therapeutic developmentEmerging research
2
Publications
7
Clinical trials
2024
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Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.

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An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.

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Clinical trials

5 sponsors · 0 new · 0 completed in the last 12 months (net +0)

The current development programme across all trial phases.

Clinical programme
7
All trials
1
Active
6
Late-stage
6
Completed
Late-stage studies
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Research activity

2 papers

Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.

Major themes3
  • Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease2
  • COVID-191
  • Seasons1
Leading journals2
  • Frontiers in public health1
  • Scientific reports1
Leading researchers8
  • Ding Z1
  • Fu T1
  • Hu X1
  • Lin J1
  • Lu Q1
  • Song Q1
  • Tao L1
  • Wang J1
Affiliations (unnormalised)4
  • Fengxian District Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1
  • Hangzhou Medical College1
  • Microbiology Laboratory1
  • Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention1

Reference

Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.

Defined in MeSH

A mild, highly infectious viral disease of children, characterized by vesicular lesions in the mouth and on the hands and feet. It is caused by coxsackieviruses A.

References & data sources
  • Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
  • Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
  • Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
  • Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.