Article
First evidence of enterovirus A71 and echovirus 30 in Uruguay and genetic relationship with strains circulating in the South American region.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Lizasoain Andrés, Mir Daiana, Salvo Matías, Bortagaray Viviana, Masachessi Gisela, Farías Adrián, Rodríguez-Osorio Nélida, Nates Silvia, Victoria Matías, Colina Rodney
Abstract excerpt
Human enteroviruses (EVs) comprise more than 100 types of coxsackievirus, echovirus, poliovirus and numbered enteroviruses, which are mainly transmitted by the faecal-oral route leading to diverse diseases such as aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, and acute flaccid paralysis, among others. Since enteroviruses are excreted in faeces, wastewater-based epidemiology approaches are useful to describe EV diversity in a...
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