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Genetic diversity of coxsackievirus A16 associated with hand, foot, and mouth disease epidemics in Japan from 1983 to 2003.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2007
Hosoya Mitsuaki, Kawasaki Yukihiko, Sato Masatoki, Honzumi Ken, Hayashi Akio, Hiroshima Toyomasa, Ishiko Hiroaki, Kato Kazuo, Suzuki Hitoshi
Abstract excerpt
To clarify the chronologic genetic diversity of coxsackievirus A16 (CV-A16) strains associated with hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) epidemics in a restricted area and their genetic relation with those isolated in other areas, we investigated the genetic diversity of the 129 CV-A16 strains as...
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