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Genetic changes of coxsackievirus A16 and enterovirus 71 isolated from hand, foot, and mouth disease patients in Toyama, Japan between 1981 and 2007.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2009
Iwai Masae, Masaki Akio, Hasegawa Sumiyo, Obara Mayumi, Horimoto Eiji, Nakamura Kazuya, Tanaka Yuichi, Endo Kyoko, Tanaka Keiko, Ueda Junko, Shiraki Kimiyasu, Kurata Takeshi, Takizawa Takenori
Abstract excerpt
We characterized the genetic diversity of the complete VP1 region of coxsackievirus A16 (CA16) and enterovirus 71 (EV71) isolated from patients with hand, foot, and mouth disease in Toyama from 1981 to 2007 to evaluate the relationship between epidemics and genetic changes. The predominant genogr...
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