The Centre for Health Protection calls on people to guard against Enterovirus-71 following the confirmation of the year's eighth case involving a nine-month-old girl.

She developed symptoms including fever and rash on July 11. She was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital on July 12 and was discharged three days later.

She had no history of travel before the illness and her home contacts have no symptoms.

There were 35 cases of EV-71 infections reported in 2004, eight in 2005, and 16 last year.

For more information on the disease, click here or call 2833

0111.