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Sequence analysis of the first C2 subgenogroup strain of enterovirus 71 isolated in Korea.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Dec 2016
Lee Jung-Ah, Yoon Young Sil, Hyeon Ji-Yeon, Yoo Jung Sik, Lee Sang-Won, Lee June-Woo, Lee Sang-Won
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is an important causative agent of hand-foot-and-mouth disease with severe neurological complications, which may lead to death in children. Large outbreaks caused by EV71 have frequently occurred in Asia-Pacific region. OBJECTIVES: In Korea, the outbreaks have been caused by EV71 subgenogroups C3, and C4. Only genogroup C, especially subgenogroup C1, C3, C4, and C5, has been...
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