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The Epidemiological Study of Coxsackievirus A6 revealing Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Epidemic patterns in Guangdong, China.
Scientific reports - 21 May 2015
Zeng Hanri, Lu Jing, Zheng Huanying, Yi Lina, Guo Xue, Liu Leng, Rutherford Shannon, Sun Limei, Tan Xiaohua, Li Hui, Ke Changwen, Lin Jinyan
Abstract excerpt
Enterovirus A71 (EVA71) and Coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16) are regarded as the two major causative pathogens in hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) epidemics. However, CVA6, previously largely ignored, became the predominant pathogen in China in 2013. In this study, we describe the epidemiological trends of CVA6 during the annual HFMD outbreaks from 2008 to 2013 in Guangdong, China. The study results show that CVA6...
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