Enterovirus infection among patients admitted to hospital in Hong Kong in 2010: Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and importance of molecular diagnosis

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1811-1817

  Lee, May Kin Ping ^a   Chan, Paul Kay Sheung ^b   Ho, Iok Ieng Yolanda ^a   Lai, Wai Man Raymond ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Enterovirus; EV71; Hong Kong; Hospitalised

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXSACKIE VIRUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HERPANGINA; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOUTH ULCER; MYOCARDITIS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS ISOLATION; VOMITING;

ENTEROVIRUS; EV71; HONG KONG; HOSPITALISED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CULTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ENTEROVIRUS;

EID: 84881026103     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23663     Document Type: Article

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