Incorrect identification of recent Asian strains of Coxsackievirus A16 as human enterovirus 71: Improved primers for the specific detection of human enterovirus 71 by RT PCR

• Main Authors: David, Perera, Yuwana, Podin, Winnie, Akin, Tan, Cheng-Siang, Cardosa, Mary Jane
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2004
• Subjects: RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13620/1/Incorrect%20identification%20of%20recent%20Asian%20strains%20of%20Coxsackievirus%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13620/; http://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2334-4-11

Background: Human enterovirus 71 has emerged as an important pathogen in the Asia Pacific region and it is important to be able to make a rapid and specific diagnosis for outbreak control. Recent Asian strains of Coxsackievirus A16 have changes in the VP1 gene which causes mispriming of widely us...