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Molecular characterization of enterovirus 71 and coxsackievirus A16 using the 5′ untranslated region and VP1 region
10 Dec 2010
Abstract excerpt
Enterovirus 71 (EV71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16) are members of the species Human enterovirus A, and are both major and independent aetiological agents of hand-foot-and-mouth disease. The human enterovirus (HEV) 5' untranslated region (UTR) is fundamentally important for efficient virus replication and for virulence, whilst the VP1 region correlates well with antigenic typing by neutralization, and can be...
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