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ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY
Volume 159, Issue 9, Pages 2451-2455Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2071-x
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- Cuban Ministry of Health as part of an enterovirus surveillance system
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Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is usually caused by coxsackievirus A16 or enterovirus 71 (EV71). Between 2011 and 2013, HFMD cases were reported from different Cuban provinces. A total of 42 clinical specimens were obtained from 23 patients. Detection, identification and phylogenetic analysis of enterovirus-associated HFMD were carried out by virus isolation, specific enterovirus PCR and partial VP1 sequences. HEV was detected in 11 HFMD cases. Emerging genetic variants of coxsackievirus A6 and EV71 were identified as the causative agents of the Cuban HFMD cases.
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