Epidemiology of childhood enterovirus infections in Hangzhou, China

• Published in: Virology journal Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 58
• Main Authors: Li, Wei, Zhang, Xiao, Chen, Xi, Cheng, Yu-Ping, Wu, Yi-Dong, Shu, Qiang, Chen, Xue-Jun, Shang, Shi-Qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Springer-Verlag 14.04.2015; BioMed Central Ltd; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Care and treatment; Child; Child, Preschool; childhood; children; China; China - epidemiology; commercialization; Coxsackievirus infections; Development and progression; Encephalitis; Enterovirus; Enterovirus - classification; Enterovirus - genetics; Enterovirus - isolation & purification; enterovirus Infections; Enterovirus Infections - epidemiology; Epidemiology; etiology; Female; hand, foot and mouth disease; hospitals; Hospitals, University; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; infants; Male; Medical colleges; Medical research; medicine; Medicine, Experimental; Meningitis; monitoring; Patient outcomes; Prevalence; public health; Retrospective Studies; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Serogroup; serotypes; species; viral encephalitis; Virus diseases; China

BACKGROUND: There are over 100 serotypes of enterovirus species A-D, which are the common cause of various symptoms in infants, such as meningitis, encephalitis and hand foot mouth disease (HFMD). This study aims to investigate the epidemiological characteristics of enteroviruses in Hangzhou, Zhejia...