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Enterovirus genotypes causing hand foot and mouth disease in Shanghai, China: a molecular epidemiological analysis.
BMC infectious diseases - 22 Oct 2013
Xu Menghua, Su Liyun, Cao Lingfeng, Zhong Huaqing, Dong Niuniu, Xu Jin
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BACKGROUND: A rapid expansion of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreaks has occurred and caused deaths in China in recent years, but little is known about the other etiologic agents except enterovirus 71 (EV71) and coxsackievirus A 16 (CA16). The objective of this study is to determine the genotype compositions of enterovirus causing HFMD in Shanghai and identify any associations between enterovirus types...
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