herpangina

Most cases of herpangina occur in the summer, affecting mostly children.

Though herpangina can be asymptomatic, symptoms usually associated are high fever and sore throat.

Other viral infections, such as mumps, herpangina, or influenza.

In herpangina, ulcers are usually isolated to the soft palate and anterior pillar of the mouth.

It is the cause of hand, foot, and mouth disease, Herpangina, and Bornholm disease.

Herpangina, also called mouth blisters, is the name of a painful mouth infection caused by coxsackieviruses.

Herpangina is a viral infection that causes sore throat and pus-filled sores on the throat, tongue, tonsils, and roof of the mouth.

After the observed outbreak of HFMD and herpangina in Malaysia in 1997, they were included in the detection system.

Total number of cases of Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) and herpangina in Taiwan was 129,106.

In March 1998, under the sentinel surveillance system, it was noticed that there was an increasing amount of HFMD cases and herpangina in Taiwan.

Other diseases include acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis (A24 specifically), herpangina, and aseptic meningitis (both Coxsackie A and B viruses).

In general, group A coxsackieviruses tend to infect the skin and mucous membranes, causing herpangina, acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, and hand, foot, and mouth (HFM) disease.

In others, infection produces short-lived (7-10 days) fever and painful blisters in the mouth (a condition known as herpangina), on the palms and fingers of the hand, or on the soles of the feet.

Gingivostomatitis must also be differentiated from herpangina, another disease that also commonly causes ulcers in the oral cavity of children, but is caused by the Coxsackie A virus rather than a herpes virus.

Pathology of the soft palate includes mucosal lesions such as pemphigus vulgaris, herpangina and migratory stomatitis, and muscular conditions such as the congenital cleft palate and cleft uvula.

Usually, herpangina is produced by one particular strain of coxsackie virus A (and the term "herpangina virus" refers to coxsackievirus A) but it can also be caused by coxsackievirus B or echoviruses.