The increasing epidemic of hand, foot, and mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus-A6, Guangdong, China, 2017

Journal of Infection

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 220-223

  Zeng, Hanri ^a   Lu, Jing ^a   Yang, Fen ^a   Liu, Leng ^a   Zheng, Huanying ^a   Ke, Changwen ^a   Song, Tie ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Sun, Limei ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COXSACKIEVIRUS A6; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; VIRUS STRAIN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION;

CHINA; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDEMICS; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 85036608345     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.11.005     Document Type: Letter

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