Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of Coxsackievirus A6- and Enterovirus 71-associated clinical stage 2 and 3 severe hand, foot, and mouth disease in Guangxi, Southern China, 2017.

Clinical and epidemiological features for 2194 stage 2 and 156 stage 3 of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) cases were characterized and the dominated pathogens were Coxsackievirus A6 (CV-A6) and enterovirus 71(EV-A71), respectively. Our data highlights that CV-A6 is emerging to be a pivotal pathogen for severe HFMD in southern China and clinical symptoms preference may exist among CV-A6, EV-A71, and CV-A10.