Foot+and+Mouth

=Definition of Foot and Mouth Viral Disease:= Foot-and-mouth disease — a mild, contagious viral infection common in young children — is characterized by sores in the mouth and a rash on the hands and feet. Foot-and-mouth disease is most commonly caused by a coxsackievirus. = = == =History= Legs of a pig =Symptoms= By: Julia Warren
 * The disease started as a disease for animals.
 * FMD ( foot and mouth disease) is a severe disease found in cattle and swine.
 * The US has been free of foot and mouth disease since 1929 when the last of nine outbreaks were eradicated.
 * The virus survives in lymph nodes and bone marrow at neutral pH, but is destroyed in muscle when pH is less than 6.0/ after rigor mortis.
 * The cause of FMD was first shown to be viral in 1897 by Friedrich Leoffer, he passed the blood of an infected animal through a clamberlandfilter and found that the fluid that was collected could still cause the disease in healthy animals.
 * After WWII Foot and Mouth Disease was wildly distributed throughout the world.
 * In 1996, endemic areas included Asia, Africa, and parts of South America.

Some symptoms you may have are:
 * Fever
 * Sore throat
 * Feeling sick
 * Painful blister like wounds on your mouth, tongue, gums, soles of your feet, and sometimes your butt.
 * Rotting teeth, only if it is very badly infected inside your mouth
 * Loss of appetite

You can find foot and mouth disease in
 * North America (very rarely found)
 * South America (more often found than North America, found 5 major outbreaks)
 * Africa (most often found)
 * Europe (mostly found in the 1800's)
 * Asia (rarely)

=Key:= For more information go to: [|Foot and Mouth: Child Health] [|Foot and Mouth Symptoms: Mayo Clinic] = = =Treatment= By: Meg Knutson
 * Green: Rarely found
 * Yellow/ Gold: More likely found
 * Purple: Most outbreaks

Foot and mouth disease is usually found in younger children, it is a contagious viral infection. There is not a specific treatment, you just have to have good hygiene, such as washing your hands often. If you get a topical oral anesthetic, it may help relieve the pain of mouth sores. Also over the counter pain medications can help you with any discomfort you have. You can catch this disease by touching someone's saliva that is already infected by this disease.

By: Jayden Parkinson
 * Transmission **

The disease of foot and mouth virus is passed on by the direct contact with mucus, saliva, and feces of an infected person. It is common in young children 5 and down.

The virus that causes foot and mouth disease is a shell of protein, the shell is covered in RNA (only a single strand). It connects with a host and it then makes the cell membrane to fold inward. This makes the viruses genetic material gets in the cell. After the cell burst and it sends a whole colony of the Coxsackie. A virus to invade other cells. This picture is the cosackie virus going into a host.
 * How ** **it affects the organism**

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