Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2013)

Recombinant Coxsackievirus A2 and Deaths of Children, Hong Kong, 2012

  • Cyril C.Y. Yip,
  • Susanna K.P. Lau,
  • Patrick C.Y. Woo,
  • Samson S.Y. Wong,
  • Thomas H.F. Tsang,
  • Janice Y.C. Lo,
  • Wai-Kwok Lam,
  • Chak-Chi Tsang,
  • Kwok-Hung Chan,
  • Kwok-Yung Yuen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1908.121498
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 8
pp. 1285 – 1288

Abstract

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A natural recombinant of coxsackievirus A2 was found in 4 children with respiratory symptoms in Hong Kong, China, during the summer of 2012. Two of these children died. Vigilant monitoring of this emerging recombinant enterovirus is needed to prevent its transmission to other regions.

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