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B1c genetic subtype of coxsackievirus A16 associated with hand, foot and mouth disease in Andaman Islands, India.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Jul 2016
Palani Surya, Nagarajan Muruganandam, Biswas Ashok Kumar, Maile Anwesh, Paluru Vijayachari
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BACKGROUND: An outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) occurred in the Andaman Islands in 2013. Therefore, we aimed to identify the aetiological agent and to explore its genetic characteristics. METHODS: Clinical specimens were subjected to virus isolation, further confirmed by sequencing the partial VP1/2A region of enterovirus, and analysed using MEGA 6 software with intra-serotype reference sequences....
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