foot/hoof and mouth

[David Bergdahl]

Perhaps the American term is an attempt to differentiate it from a
coxsackie virus which causes "hand, foot and mouth" syndrome in humans.
URL shows an affected hand.

-- http://tray.dermatology.uiowa.edu/Coxsack01.htm
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