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Enterovirus B74 associated with hand, foot and mouth disease.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2018
Sousa Ivanildo P, Burlandy Fernanda M, Tavares Fernando N, da Silva Edson E
Abstract excerpt
Enterovirus 74 (EV-B74) has been associated with cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) but it is not a commonly found enterovirus. In this work, we present the characterization of an EV-B74 detected from the serum sample of a one-year-old boy presenting with signs and symptoms clinically compatible with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). This is the first report of EV-B74 in Brazil.
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