Coxsackievirus A10 causing hand-foot-and-mouth disease in Uruguay

Abstract

We report for the first time in South America an HFMD case associated with Coxsackievirus A10. The viral strain belongs to a lineage involved in important European outbreaks and probably entered Uruguay after 2017 with a Greek origin. These findings call for strengthening the regional surveillance of HFMD.

Keywords

• Phylogeny
• Coxsackievirus
• HFMD
• Enterovirus
• Epidemic
• Ancestral character reconstruction