Enterovirus 68 in Children with Acute Respiratory Tract Infections, Osaka, Japan

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kaida, Atsushi ; Kubo, Hideyuki ; Sekiguchi, Jun-ichiro ; Kohdera, Urara ; Togawa, Masao ; Shiomi, Masashi ; Nishigaki, Toshinori ; Iritani, Nobuhiro
• Description:
  Enterovirus 68 strains were detected in 14 specimens from children with respiratory tract infections and 1 specimen from a child with febrile convulsions during 2010 in Osaka, Japan. These strains had deletions in the 5' untranslated region and were genetically different from reported strains. This virus is associated with respiratory tract infections in Japan.
• Subjects:
  Acute Disease Base Sequence Child, Preschool Enterovirus D, Human Enterovirus Infections Epidemics Female Genome, Viral Humans Infant Male Molecular Sequence Data Respiratory Tract Infections Seizures, Febrile Sequence Analysis, DNA Sequence Deletion

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(8):1494-1497.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Japan
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7a80ee355540d6769fbdd7e4b110165a5a0768d9b9807640d21f0533fcba0483
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24217/cdc_24217_DS1.pdf
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