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Once a child has hand foot mouth disease, can they get it a second time or are they immune?
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More than 1 germ: The hfm cluster of symptoms can come up with more than one enterovirus. They do develop immunity to the first germ, but another episode is possible by a different strain.
Answered 6/22/2017
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