Campus Gist, Harvard University Health Services has confirmed several cases of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease on campus, prompting Currier House staff to alert students of prevention efforts.
In an email sent to House residents on Monday, Currier House Resident Dean Amanda S. Lobell '99 warned students to be vigilant of cases of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease going around campus and Cambridge.
The disease-a viral illness which can result in mouth sores and skin rashes -is the latest unconventional ailment to hit campus in recent years.
HUHS spokesperson Michael Perry confirmed that there have been isolated cases of hand, foot, mouth disease (HFMD) on campus in an emailed statement, though he did not specify which Houses were affected.
Lobell's email went on to state that HFMD can be transmitted through salva or blisters.
Many Currier residents said that the email was the first time they had heard of HFMD. "I do not know what to think because I do not know what this is in comparison to a cold," said Brennan Dizdar '19.
"I do not know what the magnitude is." Other students said the email reminded them of past infectious disease outbreaks on campus.
In spring 2016, mumps outbreak spread through campus, infecting more than 60 affiliate Harvard.
Several students were quarantined in an effort to mitigate its spread. In March, Cambridge and Massachusetts health officials investigated Mather House residents after a resident was suspected of contracting tuberculosis.
"Why do weird diseases keep spreading on our campus?" Still, many students in Currier said they were largely unconcerned with the disease.
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