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Molecular surveillance of coxsackievirus A16 in southern China, 2008-2019.
Archives of virology - 1 Jun 2021
Yi Lina, Zeng Hanri, Zheng Huanying, Peng Jinju, Guo Xue, Liu Leng, Xiong Qianling, Sun Limei, Tan Xiaohua, He Jianfeng, Lu Jing, Li Hui
Abstract excerpt
A national surveillance system on hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) was launched in 2008 in China. Since then, millions of HFMD cases have been reported each year, with enterovirus A71 (EV-A71), coxsackievirus A16 (CV-A16), and coxsackievirus A6 (CV-A6) as the major causative pathogens. Long-term surveillance of viral infection rates and genetic changes is essential for understanding the disease epidemiology...
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