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A potential new recombinant echovirus 18 strain detected in a 4-year-old child with encephalitis in China in 2019.
Archives of virology - 1 Apr 2021
Kang Yanjun, Hua Ying, Sun Mingxia, Qian Jun, Zhu Pengwei
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The species Enterovirus B includes diverse serotypes that can cause a wide spectrum of human diseases, such as aseptic encephalitis, myocarditis, and paralysis. In this study, a 4-year-old child was diagnosed with viral encephalitis, but the causative agent could not be identified using routine immunological tests. Using metagenomic RNA sequencing, a novel strain of enterovirus B, strain PC06, was identified, and...
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