Co-circulation and genomic recombination of coxsackievirus A16 and enterovirus 71 during a large outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Central China.

A total of 1844 patients with hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), most of them were children of age 1-3-year-old, in Central China were hospitalized from 2011 to 2012. Among them, 422 were infected with coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16), 334 were infected with enterovirus 71 (EV71), 38 were co-infected w...

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Main Authors: Weiyong Liu, Shimin Wu, Ying Xiong, Tongya Li, Zhou Wen, Mingzhe Yan, Kai Qin, Yingle Liu, Jianguo Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4002479?pdf=render