Is foot and mouth disease tranferable to humans?

Posted on April 13, 2010 by admin

Is it a zoonotic disease?

Children and infants can get a virus often called hand foot and mouth disease or coxsackievirus. Animals can get a virus call hoof and mouth disease but the two aren’t transferred from humans to animals and animals to humans.

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One Response to Is foot and mouth disease tranferable to humans?

  1. gazeygoo says:
    April 13, 2010 at 8:56 pm

    Children and infants can get a virus often called hand foot and mouth disease or coxsackievirus. Animals can get a virus call hoof and mouth disease but the two aren’t transferred from humans to animals and animals to humans.
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