May 2014
Subgenogroup B5 maintains its supremacy over other human Enterovirus71 strains that circulated in Malaysia from 2010 to 2012
Human enterovirus71 (HEV71) is responsible for hand, foot and mouth diseases (HFMD). Several outbreaks of HFMD were associated with severe neurological disease and deaths. In Malaysia, outbreaks normally occur periodically every two to three years but HEV71 were isolated throughout the year from HFMD cases. From 2010 to 2012, HEV71 strains were isolated from 37 children presented with typical HFMD. All isolates were...
