Human enterovirus co-infection in severe HFMD patients in China

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 621-622

  Han, Jian Feng ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Hou, Pei Qiang ^b   Zhu, Shun Ya ^a   Wu, Xiao Yan ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a   Yu, Man ^a   Qin, Cheng Feng ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Tai'an City   (China)

Author keywords

Co infection; Coxsackievirus; Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD); Human enterovirus; Severe cases

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CHINA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MINISTRY OF HEALTH DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROVIRUS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COINFECTION; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 84922628907     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.09.005     Document Type: Letter

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