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Molecular epidemiology of coxsackievirus A6 derived from hand, foot, and mouth disease in Fukuoka between 2013 and 2017.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Nov 2018
Yoshitomi Hideaki, Ashizuka Yuki, Ichihara Sachiko, Nakamura Tomofumi, Nakamura Asako, Kobayashi Takayuki, Kajiwara Junboku
Abstract excerpt
Coxsackievirus (CV)-A6 has been the primary causative agent of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in Japan since 2011. In Fukuoka, CV-A6-associated HFMD caused epidemics in 2013, 2015, and 2017. This paper reports the genetic characteristics of the CV-A6 entire viral protein 1 (VP1) derived from patients with HFMD in Fukuoka between 2013 and 2017. CV-A6 was detected in 105 of 280 clinical specimens, and the...
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