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Molecular epidemiology of human enterovirus 71 at the origin of an epidemic of fatal hand, foot and mouth disease cases in Cambodia.
Emerging microbes & infections - 21 Sept 2016
Duong Veasna, Mey Channa, Eloit Marc, Zhu Huachen, Danet Lucie, Huang Zhong, Zou Gang, Tarantola Arnaud, Cheval Justine, Perot Philippe, Laurent Denis, Richner Beat, Ky Santy, Heng Sothy, Touch Sok, Sovann Ly, van Doorn Rogier, Tan Tran Thanh, Farrar Jeremy J, Wentworth David E, Das Suman R, Stockwell Timothy B, Manuguerra Jean-Claude, Delpeyroux Francis, Guan Yi, Altmeyer Ralf, Buchy Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Human enterovirus 71 (EV-A71) causes hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). EV-A71 circulates in many countries and has caused large epidemics, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, since 1997. In April 2012, an undiagnosed fatal disease with neurological involvement and respiratory distress occurred in young children admitted to the Kantha Bopha Children's Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Most died within a day...
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