Molecular characterization of enteroviruses detected in Gyeong-Ju and Po-Hang provinces of Korea in 2003.
We identified and characterized enteroviruses by amplifying the partial VP1 gene from pediatric patients with aseptic meningitis and other enterovirus-related diseases from the Gyeong-Ju and Po-Hang provinces of Korea in 2003. We identified two strains each of coxsackievirus A (CA) 6, CA9, and CA10; three enterovirus 71 (EV71) strains; and six echovirus 30 (E30) strains. The three EV71 strains were characterized as genogroup C4. These results are the first documentation reporting the occurrence of CA10 and EV71 genogroup C4.
Jeong
Eun-Ju
EJ
Department of Microbiology, Konkuk University School of Medicine and Medical Immunology Center, Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea.
Lee
Jung-Hee
JH
Kim
Mi-Sun
MS
Bae
Geun-Ryang
GR
Jung
Cheoll
C
Lee
Kwan
K
Choi
Sung-Min
SM
Kim
Doo-Kwun
DK
Lee
Dong-Seok
DS
Kim
Won-Duck
WD
Jee
Young-Mee
YM
Cheong
Hae-Kwan
HK
Lee
Seung-Hyun
SH
D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000821:virology*; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology
D036022:Capsid Proteins; D012367:RNA, Viral