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Hanoi, Viet Nam (AP) - a health official says a swaying outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease in Viet Nam has killed 70 people so far this year and infected more than 23,000, mostly children under 5.
Nguyen Van Binh, head of the Department of preventive medicine, the Health Ministry was quoted by Thanh Nien newspaper , that most cases in the South of the country have been reported.
Enterovirus 71 or EV-71, is in Viet Nam in circulation the dominant variety. There may be a more serious form of the common childhood disease, leading to paralysis, Brain swelling and death.
The this year's outbreak is a sharp uptick in the last few years. Since 2008, children were with about 20 to 30 reported die every year, around 10,000 to 15,000 cases per year.
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