1. Molecular identification of human enteroviruses associated with aseptic meningitis in Yunnan province, Southwest China.
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Zhu, Yanju, Zhou, Xi, Liu, Jiansheng, Xia, Longhui, Pan, Yue, Chen, Junying, Luo, Na, Yin, Jianzhong, and Ma, Shaohui
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ENTEROVIRUSES , *MENINGITIS , *GENOTYPES , *ECHO viruses , *ECHO virus diseases - Abstract
Human enteroviruses (EVs) are the major causative agents of aseptic meningitis. In this study, a total of 524 children were admitted to the children Kunming hospital (continental China) for aseptic meningitis manifestations in 2009 and 2010. An EV infection was diagnosed in 85/524 children (16.2 %) and the viruses detected were assigned to 16 serotypes. Most serotypes belonged to the enterovirus B species. Echovirus 9 was predominant (24.7 %), followed by coxsackievirus B5 (23.5 %) and then echovirus 30 (16.5 %). Echovirus 9 was firstly identified as the predominant serotype in sporadic aseptic meningitis which occurred in Yunnan, Southwest China. This work indicates the need to perform large-scale surveillance to gain a better insight into the epidemiology of enteroviruses associated with aseptic meningitis in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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