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Emergence of enterovirus 71 C4a in Denmark, 2009 to 2013.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 25 Sept 2014
Fischer T K, Nielsen A Y, Sydenham T V, Andersen P H, Andersen B, Midgley S E
Abstract excerpt
Enterovirus (EV) 71 has emerged as a primary cause of severe neurologic enterovirus infection in the aftermath of the global polio eradication effort. Eleven subgenotypes of EV71 exist, the C4 subgenotype being associated with large outbreaks in Asia with high mortality rates. This subgenotype has rarely been reported in Europe. In the period between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2013 a total of 1,447 EV...
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