Isolation of subgenus B adenovirus during a fatal outbreak of enterovirus 71-associated hand, foot, and mouth disease in Sibu, Sarawak.

Isolation of subgenus B adenovirus during a fatal outbreak of enterovirus 71-associated hand, foot, and mouth disease in Sibu, Sarawak.

BACKGROUND: In mid-1997, several children died in Sarawak, Malaysia, during an epidemic of enterovirus-71 (EV71) hand, foot, and mouth disease. The children who died had a febrile illness that rapidly progressed to cardiopulmonary failure and the cause was not satisfactorily resolved. We describe t...

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Main Authors: Cardosa, Mary Jane, Krishnan, Shekhar, Tio, Phaik Hooi, Perera, David, Wong, See Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science Direct 1999
Subjects:
Q Science (General)
QR355 Virology
R Medicine (General)
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7113/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7113/1/Isolation%20of%20subgenus%20B%20adenovirus%20during%20a%20fatal%20outbreak%20of%20enterovirus%2071-associated%20hand%2C%20foot%2C%20and%20mouth%20disease%20in%20Sibu%2C%20Sarawak..pdf

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