Clinical features and phylogenetic analysis of severe hand-foot-and-mouth disease caused by Coxsackievirus A6.
CONCLUSIONS: CA6 has become a major cause of HFMD with severe systemic disorders. V174I and T283A of VP1 may be associated with the severity of CA6 infection. These findings could raise awareness of the clinical importance of CA6 infection among practitioners.
PMID: 31683008 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Infection, Genetics and Evolution - Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Yang X, Li Y, Zhang C, Zhan W, Xie J, Hu S, Chai H, Liu P, Zhao H, Tang B, Chen K, Yu J, Yin A, Luo M Tags: Infect Genet Evol Source Type: research
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