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Molecular epidemiology and evolutionary dynamics of Echovirus 3 serotype.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2015
Kyriakopoulou Zaharoula, Bletsa Magda, Tsakogiannis Dimitris, Dimitriou Tilemachos G, Amoutzias Grigoris D, Gartzonika Constantina, Levidiotou-Stefanou Stamatina, Markoulatos Panayotis
Abstract excerpt
Echovirus 3 (E3) serotype has been related with several neurologic diseases, although it constitutes one of the rarely isolated serotypes, with no report of epidemics in Europe. The aim of the present study was to provide insights into the molecular epidemiology and evolution of this enterovirus serotype, while an E3 strain was isolated from sewage in Greece, four years after the initial isolation of the only...
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