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Molecular epidemiology of the 2005 enterovirus 71 outbreak in central Taiwan.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 May 2011
Lan Yu-Ching, Lin Tsai-Hsiu, Tsai Jeng-Dau, Yang Yi-Chen, Peng Ching-Tien, Shih Mu-Chin, Lin Ying-Ju, Lin Cheng-Wen
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BACKGROUND: Since 1998, Taiwan has experienced annual outbreaks of enterovirus 71 (EV71) nationwide. The area around Taichung City experienced a particularly large outbreak in 2005, after which EV71 disappeared for 2 y before re-emerging in 2008. Here we present the clinical, genotypic, and epidemiological baseline data for the 2005 Taichung outbreak. METHODS: Throat swab, stool and cerebrospinal fluid samples...
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