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Molecular characteristics of human coxsackievirus B1 infection in Korea, 2008-2009.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2013
Kim Hyejin, Kang Byunghak, Hwang Seoyeon, Hong Jiyoung, Chung Jaekeun, Kim Sunhee, Jeong Yong-Seok, Kim Kisang, Cheon Doo-Sung
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This study was performed to analyze epidemiological and molecular characteristics of coxsakievirus (CV) B1 infection associated with severe neonatal illness cases and death in Korea during 2008-2009. Through a nationwide surveillance program, specimens were collected from 104 patients infected with CVB1. The detection of enteroviruses (EVs) from specimens was subjected to a diagnostic real-time polymerase chain...
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