Molecular epidemiological study of enteroviruses associated with encephalitis in children from Hangzhou, China

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 95; no. 40; p. e4870
• Main Authors: Li, Wei, Qiong, Zhang, Xiao-ting, Shen, Yu-jie, Liu, Jian-hua, Mao, Qiang, Shu, Shi-qiang, Shang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved 01.10.2016; Wolters Kluwer Health
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; China; Encephalitis, Viral - diagnosis; Encephalitis, Viral - epidemiology; Encephalitis, Viral - virology; Enterovirus - genetics; Enterovirus - isolation & purification; Enterovirus Infections - diagnosis; Enterovirus Infections - epidemiology; Enterovirus Infections - virology; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Molecular Epidemiology; Molecular Typing; Observational Study; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Retrospective Studies; RNA, Viral - genetics; RNA, Viral - isolation & purification

Enterovirus (EV) has over 100 serotypes of species A-D, which can cause various symptoms in infants. Enterovirus encephalitis (EVE) is serve disease with high morbidity and mortality in children. To well define the epidemiology of EVE, we wanted to know more about EV and EV molecular typing by condu...