Because this type of virus had not existed in Taiwan for a long time, most children lacked natural antibodies, and the epidemic left 78 children dead and more than 400 others impaired for life.
以民國八十七年的腸病毒七十一型大流行來說，由於此種病毒在台灣絕跡已久，一般孩童體內都缺乏抗體，在當年造成了七十八名嬰幼兒死亡，另有四百多名重症兒留下了終身殘缺。