Coxsackievirus B3, Shandong Province, China, 1990–2010

Abstract

To determine the cause of a 2008 outbreak of aseptic meningitis in Shandong Province, China, we analyzed samples from outbreak patients and coxsackievirus B3 samples collected during 1990–2010 surveillance. The cause of the outbreak was coxsackievirus B3, genogroup D. Frequent travel might increase importation of other coxsackievirus B3 genogroups.

Keywords

• coxsackievirus B3
• aseptic meningitis
• acute flaccid paralysis
• phylogenetic analysis
• viruses
• China