Article
Human enterovirus 71 infection in Sarawak, Malaysia
2011-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Introduction: Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a childhood exanthema caused by enteroviruses, such as coxsackie virus A (CV A) 16. However since 1997 large epidemics ofHFMD caused by human enterovirus (EV) 71 and associated with severe and sometimes fatal neurological complications have occurred across Asia. Aims: To examine: (i) the diagnostic approach for detection ofEV71, (ii) the clinical and molecular e...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 70ffa68e-6a14-5f1a-b59b-310d96d14a97
- DOI
- 10.17638/03062858
