Identification of enterovirus 71 isolates from an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) with fatal cases of encephalomyelitis in Malaysia

Virus Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Abubakar, Sazaly ^a   Chee, Hui Yee ^a   Al Kobaisi, Muhannad F ^b   Xiaoshan, Jiang ^a   Bing Chua, Kaw ^a   Kit Lam, Sai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

5' untranslated regions; Encephalomyelitis; Enterovirus; Hand, foot and mouth disease; Malaysia; Sarawak

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS 71; FATALITY; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

EID: 0033036335     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(99)00019-2     Document Type: Article

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