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Complete nucleotide sequence of enterovirus 71 is distinct from poliovirus.
Virus research - 1 Dec 1995
Brown B A, Pallansch M A
Abstract excerpt
Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is capable of causing paralytic disease indistinguishable from poliomyelitis due to poliovirus. To determine the relationship of EV71 to poliovirus and other enteroviruses, two strains of EV71 have been cloned and sequenced. The EV71 strains had only 46% amino acid identity with the polioviral P1 capsid region and 55% with the entire polyprotein. There were no regions of high similarity that...
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