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
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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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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author Ooi, Eng-Eong
Phoon, Meng-Chee
Ishak, Baharudin
Chan, Soh-Ha
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spelling pubmed-27325422009-09-16 Seroepidemiology of Human Enterovirus 71, Singapore Ooi, Eng-Eong Phoon, Meng-Chee Ishak, Baharudin Chan, Soh-Ha Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2732542/ /pubmed/12194783 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0809.10.3201/eid0809.010397 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Ooi, Eng-Eong
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Seroepidemiology of Human Enterovirus 71, Singapore
title Seroepidemiology of Human Enterovirus 71, Singapore
title_full Seroepidemiology of Human Enterovirus 71, Singapore
title_fullStr Seroepidemiology of Human Enterovirus 71, Singapore
title_full_unstemmed Seroepidemiology of Human Enterovirus 71, Singapore
title_short Seroepidemiology of Human Enterovirus 71, Singapore
title_sort seroepidemiology of human enterovirus 71, singapore
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12194783
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