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Molecular characterization of a new human coxsackievirus B2 associated with severe hand-foot-mouth disease in Yunnan Province of China in 2012.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2017
Zhang Jie, Zhang Haihao, Zhao Yilin, Guo Chen, Yang Zhaoqing, Ma Shaohui
Abstract excerpt
Human coxsackievirus B2 (CVB2) belongs to the species Human enterovirus B and can cause aseptic meningitis, myocarditis and hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD). We first determined the complete genome of the RW41-2/YN/CHN/2012 strain, isolated from a patient with HFMD and aseptic meningitis in the Yunnan Province, China in 2012. The strain shared 83.5 % and 82.2 % nucleotide similarity with CVB2 prototype strain...
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