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Clinical and virological features of enterovirus 71 infections in Denmark, 2005 to 2008.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2011
Badran Shadia Ali, Midgley Sofie, Andersen Peter, Böttiger Blenda
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Since the late 1990s enterovirus 71 (EV71) has caused epidemics of hand, foot and mouth disease with fatal cases especially in the Asian Pacific region. The objective of this study was to describe the clinical and virological features of EV71 infections in Denmark. METHODS: All enterovirus-positive samples in Denmark are submitted to the National Poliovirus Laboratory for typing, and the EV71-positive...
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