| [rash and fever illness caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 needs to be distinguished from hand, foot and mouth disease]. | an epidemic of rash and fever illnesses suspected of hand, foot and mouth disease (hfmd) occurred in gansu province of china in 2008, laboratory tests were performed in order to identify the pathogen that caused this epidemic. eight clinical specimens collected from the 4 patients (each patient has throat swab and herpes fluid specimens) with rash and febrile illness, were inoculated onto rd and hep-2 cells for virus isolation, and the viral nucleic acid was then extracted with the positive viru ... | 2013 | 23895007 |