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01-10-2010 | Brief Report
Molecular characterization of enteroviruses detected in Gyeong-Ju and Po-Hang provinces of Korea in 2003
Authors:
Eun-Ju Jeong, Jung-Hee Lee, Mi-Sun Kim, Geun-Ryang Bae, Cheoll Jung, Kwan Lee, Sung-Min Choi, Doo-Kwun Kim, Dong-Seok Lee, Won-Duck Kim, Young-Mee Jee, Hae-Kwan Cheong, Seung-Hyun Lee
Published in:
Archives of Virology
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Issue 10/2010
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Abstract
We identified and characterized enteroviruses by amplifying the partial VP1 gene from pediatric patients with aseptic meningitis and other enterovirus-related diseases from the Gyeong-Ju and Po-Hang provinces of Korea in 2003. We identified two strains each of coxsackievirus A (CA) 6, CA9, and CA10; three enterovirus 71 (EV71) strains; and six echovirus 30 (E30) strains. The three EV71 strains were characterized as genogroup C4. These results are the first documentation reporting the occurrence of CA10 and EV71 genogroup C4.