Editing Hand, foot, and mouth disease (section)

==Prevention==
Preventive measures include avoiding direct contact with infected individuals (including keeping infected children home from school), proper cleaning of shared utensils, disinfecting [[Fomite|contaminated surfaces]], and proper hand hygiene. These measures are effective in decreasing the transmission of the viruses responsible for HFMD.<ref name=Sar2013/><ref name="CDC">{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/hand-foot-mouth/about/prevention-treatment.html |title=Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease |year=2013 |work=Prevention and Treatment |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=October 18, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017175928/http://www.cdc.gov/hand-foot-mouth/about/prevention-treatment.html |archive-date=October 17, 2013  }}</ref>

Protective habits include hand washing and disinfecting surfaces in play areas.<ref name=Koh2016 /> Breastfeeding has also been shown to decrease rates of severe HFMD, though does not reduce the risk of the infection of the disease.<ref name=Koh2016 />

===Vaccine===
A vaccine known as the [[Enterovirus 71|EV71]] vaccine is available to prevent HFMD in China {{as of|2015|December|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Mao|first1=QY|last2=Wang|first2=Y|last3=Bian|first3=L|last4=Xu|first4=M|last5=Liang|first5=Z|title=EV71 vaccine, a new tool to control outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD).|journal=Expert Review of Vaccines|date=May 2016|volume=15|issue=5|pages=599–606|pmid=26732723|doi=10.1586/14760584.2016.1138862|s2cid=45722352}}</ref>  No vaccine is currently available in the United States.<ref name="CDC"/>