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Enterovirus-71 genotype C isolated in Peru between 2006 and 2009.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Dec 2016
Huaman Jose L, Carrion Gladys, Ampuero Julia S, Ocaña Victor, Laguna-Torres V Alberto, Hontz Robert D
Abstract excerpt
Enterovirus-71 (EV71) was first isolated in California, United States in 1969, belongs to the genus Enterovirus, family Picornaviridae. Although infection normally causes mild, often undiagnosed illness, it can cause central nervous system infections that could turn fatal. Based on VP1 gene analysis, EV71 has been classified into six separate genotypes. Although the molecular epidemiology of EV71 has been well...
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