Hand, foot, and mouth disease in mainland China before it was listed as category C disease in May, 2008

Affiliations

• ¹ School of Resources and Environment, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China; Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Ningxia (China-Arab) Key Laboratory of Resource Assessment and Environmental Regulation in Arid Region, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
• ² State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early Warning on Infectious Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ³ State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
• ⁴ School of Resources and Environment, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China; Ningxia (China-Arab) Key Laboratory of Resource Assessment and Environmental Regulation in Arid Region, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
• ⁵ Medical Department, Air Force Aviation Medicine Research Institute Affiliation Hospital, Beijing, China.