1. Genetic characterization of Enterovirus 71 strains circulating in Vietnam in 2012.
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Donato C, Hoi le T, Hoa NT, Hoa TM, Van Duyet L, Dieu Ngan TT, Van Kinh N, Vu Trung N, and Vijaykrishna D
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- Age Distribution, Capsid Proteins genetics, Child, Child, Preschool, Disease Outbreaks, Enterovirus Infections history, Genome, Viral, Geography, Medical, Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease epidemiology, Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease virology, History, 21st Century, Hospitalization, Humans, Infant, Phylogeny, Seasons, Vietnam epidemiology, Enterovirus A, Human classification, Enterovirus A, Human genetics, Enterovirus Infections epidemiology, Enterovirus Infections virology, Genotype
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Background: Enterovirus 71 subgenogroup C4 caused the largest outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Vietnam during 2011-2012, resulting in over 200,000 hospitalisations and 207 fatalities., Methods: A total of 1917 samples with adequate volume for RT-PCR analysis were collected from patients hospitalised with HFMD throughout Vietnam and 637 were positive for EV71. VP1 gene (n=87) and complete genome (n=9) sequencing was performed. Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis was performed to characterise the B5, C4 and C5 strains detected., Results: Sequence analyses revealed that the dominant subgenogroup associated with the 2012 outbreak was C4, with B5 and C5 strains representing a small proportion of these cases., Conclusions: Numerous countries in the region including Malaysia, Taiwan and China have a large influence on strain diversity in Vietnam and understanding the transmission of EV71 throughout Southeast Asia is vital to inform preventative public health measures and vaccine development efforts., (Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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