A common childhood illness could be behind 'tomato flu' outbreak

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A common childhood illness could be behind 'tomato flu' outbreak
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There have been reports of a disease dubbed “tomato flu” affecting children in Kerala, India, but the outbreak is most likely caused by hand, foot and mouth disease, which is usually mild without long-lasting effects

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In recent weeks, there have been reports of a disease dubbed “tomato flu” affecting a small number of children in Kerala, India. It appears that tomato flu is simply a new and misleading name for a common and usually mild childhood illness known as . It is also possible that some of the cases are due to the mosquito-borne diseases chikungunya and dengue.Not a lot. There have been various media reports about the cases in Kerala but, so far, there appears to beThese two children had just returned to the UK from Kerala, where they had played with another child who the mother said had just had “tomato flu”.

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