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Intercity spread of echovirus 6 in Shandong Province, China: application of environmental surveillance in tracing circulating enteroviruses.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2012
Tao Zexin, Song Yanyan, Wang Haiyan, Zhang Yong, Yoshida Hiromu, Ji Shengxiang, Xu Aiqiang, Song Lizhi, Liu Yao, Cui Ning, Ji Feng, Li Yan, Chen Peng, Xu Wenbo
Abstract excerpt
Environmental surveillance is an effective approach in investigating circulating enteroviruses and had been conducted in the cities of Jinan and Linyi since February 2008 and April 2010, respectively. This study analyzed 46 sewage samples collected in the two cities in 2011 and found that echovirus 6 (E6) was the predominant serotype, with 134 isolates (65 in Jinan and 69 in Linyi) from 23 (50%) samples. This...
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