Isolation of subgenus B adenovirus during a fatal outbreak of enterovirus 71-associated hand, foot, and mouth disease in Sibu, Sarawak.

• Main Authors: Cardosa, Mary Jane, Krishnan, Shekhar, Tio, Phaik Hooi, Perera, David, Wong, See Chang
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Science Direct 1999
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QR355 Virology; R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7113/1/Isolation%20of%20subgenus%20B%20adenovirus%20during%20a%20fatal%20outbreak%20of%20enterovirus%2071-associated%20hand%2C%20foot%2C%20and%20mouth%20disease%20in%20Sibu%2C%20Sarawak..pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7113/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673698110322

BACKGROUND: In mid-1997, several children died in Sarawak, Malaysia, during an epidemic of enterovirus-71 (EV71) hand, foot, and mouth disease. The children who died had a febrile illness that rapidly progressed to cardiopulmonary failure and the cause was not satisfactorily resolved. We describe t...