title: Epidemic characteristics of hand, foot, and mouth disease in southern China, 2013: coxsackievirus A6 has emerged as the predominant causative agent.
authors.affiliation: MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jin-Lin
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Qiang
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yong-Feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Bo-Ping
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: zdsys@vip.sina.com.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D002947:Cities / Q000453:epidemiology; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D058872:Epidemics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005838:Genotype; D006232:Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D058974:Phylogeography; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral