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Volume 15, Number 9—September 2009
Dispatch

Coxsackievirus A6 and Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Finland

Riikka Österback, Tytti Vuorinen, Mervi Linna, Petri Susi, Timo Hyypiä, and Matti WarisComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Turku, Turku, Finland (R. Österback, T. Vuorinen, P. Susi, T. Hyypiä, M. Waris); Central Hospital of Seinäjoki, Seinäjoki, Finland (M. Linna)

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Table

Laboratory findings in clinical specimens and epidemiologic data for patients with CVA6 infections, Finland, 2008*

City or place, identification Sampling date Sex/age, y Specimen type Disease or signs CVA6-VP1 RT-PCR VP1 sequence 5′ NCR
sequence
Seinäjoki
Fin/Se8717 2008 Aug M/1.3 Vesicle fluid HFMD Pos CVA6 CVA6
Fin/Se8781 2008 Aug F/34 Vesicle fluid HFMD Pos CVA6 CVA6
Fin/Se8841 2008 Aug M/0.9 Vesicle fluid HFMD Pos CVA6 CVA6
Fin/Se8865 2008 Aug Feces HFMD Pos NR CVA6
Fin/Se8913 2008 Sep M/10 Throat swab HFMD Pos NR CVA6
Fin/Se8925 2008 Sep M/0.9 Throat swab HFMD Pos NR CVA6
Fin/Se8926 2008 Sep Vesicle fluid HFMD Pos CVA6 CVA6
Fin/Se8927 2008 Sep F/1.3 Throat swab HFMD Pos NR CVA6
Fin/Se8928 2008 Sep Vesicle fluid HFMD Pos CVA6 CVA6
Fin/Se8931
2008 Sep
M/0.8
Throat swab
NA
Pos
NR
CVA6
Turku
Fin/Tu8859 2008 Sep M/5.8 Throat swab Fever, tonsillitis Pos CVA6 CVA6
Fin/Tu8866 2008 Sep M/3.1 Throat swab HFMD Pos NR CVA6
Fin/Tu81027 2008 Oct M/1.8 Throat swab HFMD Pos NR CVA6
Fin/Tu81042 2008 Oct M/1.8 Throat swab Fever, eczema Pos NR CVA6
Fin/Tu81038 2008 Oct F/2.2 Throat swab Fever, seizure Pos NR CVA6
Fin/Tu81274 2008 Nov M/6.5 Vesicle fluid HFMD Pos ND CVA6
Fin/Tu81309 2008 Dec F/3.7 Vesicle fluid HFMD Pos ND CVA6
Fin/Tu81321 2008 Dec F/1.2 Throat swab HFMD Pos ND NR
Fin/Tu963 2009 Jan M/1.2 Throat swab HFMD Pos ND CVA6
Fin/Tu/IB
2009 Feb
F/5.7
Nail
Recent HFMD
Pos
ND
CVA6
Pori
Fin/Po8959 2008 Oct M/4.8 Throat Fever, vomiting Neg ND CVA6
Fin/Po81375 2008 Dec M/0.5 Vesicle fluid HFMD Pos ND CVA6
Fin/Po81376 2008 Dec Throat HFMD Pos ND CVA6
Fin/Po81324 2008 Dec M/10 Feces Fever, eczema Pos ND NR
Fin/Po81325
2008 Dec
M/10
Feces
Fever, HFMD contact
Pos
ND
NR
Tampere
Fin/Ta8966 2008 Sep M/3.1 Tracheal aspirate NA Pos NR CVA6
Fin/Ta81145 2008 Sep M/2.1 Feces NA Pos NR NR
Fin/Ta81074 2008 Oct M/0.3 Tracheal aspirate NA Pos ND CVA6
Fin/Ta81125 2008 Oct F/0.7 Vesicle fluid HFMD Pos CVA6 CVA6
Fin/Ta81126 2008 Oct M/0.3 Vesicle fluid HFMD Pos NR CVA6
Fin/Ta81216 2008 Nov F/2.0 Throat swab NA Pos ND CVA6
Fin/Ta81252
2008 Nov
M/6.1
Throat swab
NA
Pos
ND
CVA6
Kokkola
Fin/Ko937 2009 Jan M/10 Vesicle fluid HFMD Pos ND CVA6

*CVA6, coxsackievirus A6; VP1, virus protein 1; RT-PCR, reverse transcriptase–PCR; NCR, noncoding region; HFMD, hand, foot, and mouth disease; pos, positive; neg, negative; NA, not available; ND, not done; NR, no result (VP1 sequencing was attempted without result).
†Same patient as on the line above.

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