Hand, foot, and mouth disease outbreak caused by coxsackievirus A6, China, 2013

Journal of Infection

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 303-305

  Han, Jian Feng ^a   Xu, Shuang ^b   Zhang, Yu ^a   Zhu, Shun Ya ^a   Wu, Dong Lin ^b   Yang, Xian Da ^b   Liu, Hong ^c   Sun, Bing Xin ^c   Wu, Xiao Yan ^a   Qin, Cheng Feng ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^c Changchun Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXSACKIE VIRUS; COXSACKIE VIRUS A6; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS TYPE 71; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VESICULAR RASH; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CHINA; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROVIRUS A; GENETICS; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CITIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS A, HUMAN; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84922415011     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.03.015     Document Type: Letter

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