Coxsakievirus, causal agent of mouth-foot-hand syndrome (Original)

Abstract

An increase of Coxachievirus´s infection in Manzanillo and another province of Cuba took place during October-November 2017. For this reason, insufficient knowledge about this biologic agent was detected in the curriculum of the Medicine career. In response the generated demands in the educational process, a didactic material was made for the subject of medical microbiology and parasitology. This material showed the results of an extensive investigation about the behavior of syndrome mouth-hand-foot caused by this virus. The didactical proposition was a source of knowledge, systematization and upgrade in this topic.The subject of  Medical Microbiologic and Parasitology program with their objective and abilities necessaries from the Topic III: Medical Virology were considered to elaborate the didactic material. The result achieved with this research has a positive impact on the process of training health professionals in the Primary Care settings.