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Increased detection of enterovirus A71 infections, Germany, 2019.
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SUBMITTER: Bottcher S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6774229 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Increased detection of enterovirus A71 infections, Germany, 2019.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 20190901 39
We report on the increased circulation of enterovirus A71 in Germany in 2019. Strains were mainly identified in hospitalised patients with suspected aseptic meningitis/encephalitis. Molecular analysis showed co-circulation of EV-A71 sub-genogroups C1 and C4, a signal for physicians and public health authorities to include/intensify EV diagnostic in patients showing signs of aseptic meningitis, encephalitis or acute flaccid paralysis/myelitis. ...[more]
