Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2018)

Genetic Characterization of Enterovirus A71 Circulating in Africa

  • Maria Dolores Fernandez-Garcia,
  • Romain Volle,
  • Marie-Line Joffret,
  • Serge Alain Sadeuh-Mba,
  • Ionela Gouandjika-Vasilache,
  • Ousmane Kebe,
  • Michael R. Wiley,
  • Manasi Majumdar,
  • Etienne Simon-Loriere,
  • Anavaj Sakuntabhai,
  • Gustavo Palacios,
  • Javier Martin,
  • Francis Delpeyroux,
  • Kader Ndiaye,
  • Maël Bessaud

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2404.171783
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 4
pp. 754 – 757

Abstract

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We analyzed whole-genome sequences of 8 enterovirus A71 isolates (EV-A71). We confirm the circulation of genogroup C and the new genogroup E in West Africa. Our analysis demonstrates wide geographic circulation and describes genetic exchanges between EV-A71 and autochthonous EV-A that might contribute to the emergence of pathogenic lineages.

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