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Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a contagious viral illness that commonly affects infants and children. There are simple hand washing and good hygiene steps you and your family can take to reduce the risk of getting sick.

Table of specimen types, minimum amounts, collection, storage, and shipping of non-polio enteroviruses.

You can help protect yourself and others from non-polio enterovirus infections by washing your hands and disinfecting surfaces. There is no specific treatment for non-polio enterovirus infection.

You can get infected with non-polio enteroviruses by having close contact with an infected person. Also spread by touching objects or surfaces that have the virus on them and then touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.

Every year, millions of children in the United States catch enteroviruses that can cause coughing, sneezing, and fever. This year, the enterovirus that is most commonly causing respiratory illness in children across the country is enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68). Take basic steps to keep your child from getting and spreading EV-D68.

On September 8, 2014, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).