Seroepidemiology of Human Enterovirus 71, Singapore

Human enterovirus 71 has caused outbreaks in many parts of the world, especially Southeast Asia, with some fatal cases. The epidemiology of this viral infection is not well understood. We conducted a serologic survey in Singapore children, and the results indicate that infection occurs largely in pr...

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Autores principales: Ooi, Eng-Eong, Phoon, Meng-Chee, Ishak, Baharudin, Chan, Soh-Ha
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12194783
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0809.10.3201/eid0809.010397
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Sumario:Human enterovirus 71 has caused outbreaks in many parts of the world, especially Southeast Asia, with some fatal cases. The epidemiology of this viral infection is not well understood. We conducted a serologic survey in Singapore children, and the results indicate that infection occurs largely in preschool settings.

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