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Molecular evolution of two asymptomatic echovirus 6 strains that constitute a novel branch of recently epidemic echovirus 6 in China.
Virology journal - 25 Jul 2017
Sun Hao, Huang Xiaoqin, Lin Keqin, Huang Kai, Chu Jiayou, Yang Zhaoqing, Ma Shaohui
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Echovirus 6 (E6) infections are associated with aseptic meningitis and acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). But some infections, sometimes most of them, are asymptomatic. The mechanism of E6 virulence is unknown. Analyses of the molecular evolution of asymptomatic E6 may help understand why the infections show different manifestations. METHODS: Ninety-six stool samples of healthy children in Yunnan, China...
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