Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2019)

Multirecombinant Enterovirus A71 Subgenogroup C1 Isolates Associated with Neurologic Disease, France, 2016–2017

  • Stéphanie Tomba Ngangas,
  • Alexander Lukashev,
  • Gwendoline Jugie,
  • Olga Ivanova,
  • Jean-Michel Mansuy,
  • Catherine Mengelle,
  • Jacques Izopet,
  • Anne-Sophie L’honneur,
  • Flore Rozenberg,
  • David Leyssene,
  • Denise Hecquet,
  • Stéphanie Marque-Juillet,
  • David Boutolleau,
  • Sonia Burrel,
  • Hélène Peigue-Lafeuille,
  • Christine Archimbaud,
  • Kimberley Benschop,
  • Cécile Henquell,
  • Audrey Mirand,
  • Jean-Luc Bailly

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.181460
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 6
pp. 1204 – 1208

Abstract

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In 2016, an upsurge of neurologic disease associated with infection with multirecombinant enterovirus A71 subgenogroup C1 lineage viruses was reported in France. These viruses emerged in the 2000s; 1 recombinant is widespread. This virus lineage has the potential to be associated with a long-term risk for severe disease among children.

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