title: Molecular epidemiology of coxsackievirus A16 strains from four sentinel surveillance sites in Peru.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the molecular epidemiology of seven coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16) strains previously reported by this research group.
  
  
  METHODS
  Full-length VP1 and VP4 sequences were obtained and phylogenetic analyses were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six strains were classified as genotype C. Moreover, one divergent strain not clustered in any of the three currently reported genotypes was found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is the first report of CVA16 in Peru and provides valuable baseline data about its potential distribution in South America, as well as evidence of a potential divergent genotype that has never before been reported.
authors.affiliation: US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, 3230 Lima Place, Washington DC 20521, USA. Electronic address: gladys.r.carrion.fn@mail.mil.
authors.forename: Gladys
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carrion
authors.affiliation: US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, 3230 Lima Place, Washington DC 20521, USA.
authors.forename: Jose L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Huaman
authors.affiliation: US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, 3230 Lima Place, Washington DC 20521, USA.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, 3230 Lima Place, Washington DC 20521, USA.
authors.forename: Julia S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ampuero
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional San Agustín, Arequipa, Peru.
authors.forename: Irmia
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Paz
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud de Pachitea, Ministerio de Salud, Piura, Peru.
authors.forename: Victor R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Ocaña
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical Daniel Alcides Carrión, UNMSM, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: V Alberto
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Laguna-Torres
authors.affiliation: US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, 3230 Lima Place, Washington DC 20521, USA.
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Hontz
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D029821:Enterovirus A, Human / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010568:Peru; D010802:Phylogeny; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D013020:South America
keywords: Coxsackievirus A16; Enterovirus; Peru