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Complete Sequence Analyses of Enterovirus 71 Strains from Fatal and Non‐Fatal Cases of the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in Singapore (2000)
1 Nov 2002
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Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a major aetiological agent of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). In recent years, several outbreaks in East Asia were associated with neurological complications and numerous deaths. An outbreak in Singapore in October 2000 afflicted thousands of children, resulting in four fatal cases from three of whom EV71 was isolated. The genomes of two representative EV71 strains isolated from a...
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