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SUBMITTER: Bible JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2566106 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bible Jon M JM Iturriza-Gomara Miren M Megson Brian B Brown David D Pantelidis Panagiotis P Earl Pam P Bendig Justin J Tong C Y William CY
Journal of clinical microbiology 20080723 10
The last decade witnessed a significant increase in epidemic activity of human enterovirus 71 (EV71) in the Western Pacific Region (WPR). In most European countries, this risk is unrecognized despite occasional cases of severe disease and two severe outbreaks in Eastern Europe 30 years ago. In this study we report the first examination of the molecular epidemiology of EV71 in the United Kingdom from 1998 to 2006. Genomic regions encoding the 1D coat protein (VP1) and 3D polymerase (Pol) from 32 ...[more]