Infectious Disease Specialist (Pediatric) Questions Hand foot mouth disease

Is there any vaccine to prevent hand-foot-mouth disease?

My daughter has had two bouts of the hand-foot-mouth disease. Is there any vaccine to prevent it?

2 Answers

There is no vaccine to prevent coxsackie virus.
No. There are several viruses that can cause the same illness so they can get it again. It seems to be very prevalent in daycare the past 3-4 years
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