Hand, foot and mouth disease incubation period transmission

Hand, foot and mouth disease is an acute infectious disease caused by enterovirus infection. There are more than 20 kinds of enteroviruses that cause it, but the most common ones are enterovirus 71 and coxsackie virus A16. This virus infection has an incubation period, which is generally 2-7 days. After the pathogen infects the human body, it first reproduces and replicates in the body without clinical symptoms. However, it carries the virus. This virus is infectious, and in this process, it is generally not noticed. Therefore, it will be very infectious, it is easy to transmit the virus to other children, so the incubation period is infectious.