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[Primary detection of pathogen from children with hand, foot, and mouth disease in Beijing, 2007].
Bing du xue bao = Chinese journal of virology - 1 Jan 2009
Zhu Jun-ping, Xu Zi-gang, Chen Hui, Zhang Xia, Fan Dong-ying, Wang Juan
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the causative agents of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in children in Beijing epidemic from April to June of 2007. Totally, 82 specimens (including throat swabs, rectal swabs and vesicular swabs) were collected from 51 patients with HFMD. All patients had typical skin lesions, but no neurological manifestations. These clinical specimens were directly tested by RT-PCR assay with three primer...
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