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Molecular epidemiology of coxsackievirus type B1.
Archives of virology - 1 Nov 2015
Abdelkhalek Ichrak, Seghier Mohamed, Yahia Ahlem Ben, Touzi Henda, Meddeb Zina, Triki Henda, Rezig Dorra
Abstract excerpt
Coxsackievirus type B1 (CVB1) has emerged globally as the predominant enterovirus serotype and is associated with epidemics of meningitis and chronic diseases. In this report, the phylogeny of CVB1 was studied based on the VP1 sequences of 11 North African isolates and 81 published sequences. All CVB1 isolates segregated into four distinct genogroups and 10 genotypes. Most of the identified genotypes of...
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