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Newly emerging C group enteroviruses may elude diagnosis due to a divergent 5'-UTR.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Dec 2013
Richter Jan, Tryfonos Christina, Panagiotou Christakis, Nikolaou Elpiniki, Koliou Maria, Christodoulou Christina
Abstract excerpt
Human enterovirus (HEV) 105 was first reported in 2012 in children from Peru and Congo. We report on the identification of a novel HEV-C105 strain in a pediatric patient in Cyprus with an upper respiratory tract infection. Sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis of 5'-UTRs of all known HEVs revealed that our isolate belongs to a group of recently identified HEV-C viruses exhibiting a 5'-UTR distinct from all...
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