Molecular and seroepidemiologic studies of Enterovirus 71 infection in the State of Pará, Brazil Estudos soroepidemiológico e molecular de infecção por EV-71 no Estado do Pará, Brasil

In many countries, the Enterovirus 71 (EV-71) Picornaviridae family is associated to hand, foot and mouth disease in addition to acute neurological diseases while in Brazil these viruses are more closely associated to the latter group. The aim of this research was to use the first EV-71 isolate of t...

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Main Authors: Ceyla M.O. Castro, Ana Cecília R. Cruz, Edson E. da Silva, Maria de Lourdes C. Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2005-04-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652005000200002