Herpangina

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Herpangina is a febrile disorder caused by numerous group A coxsackieviruses and occasionally other enteroviruses. Infection causes oropharyngeal, mucosal, vesicular, and ulcerative lesions.
Herpangina tends to occur in epidemics, most commonly in infants and children. (See also Overview of Enterovirus Infections.)