Volume 9, Number 4—April 2003
Research
Molecular Epidemiology of Human Enterovirus 71 Strains and Recent Outbreaks in the Asia-Pacific Region: Comparative Analysis of the VP1 and VP4 Genes
Table 3
Summary of human enterovirus 71 (HEV71) genotypes circulating in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997a
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singapore |
B3, B4 |
B3, C1 |
B3 |
B4 |
B4 |
C1, B4 |
Sarawak, Malaysia |
B3 |
C1 |
No HEV71 |
B4, C1 |
No HEV71 |
C1 |
Perth, Australia |
- |
- |
B3, C2 |
C1 |
No HEV71 |
No HEV71 |
Japan |
B3, B4, C2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Taiwan |
- |
C2, B4 |
B4 |
B4 |
- |
- |
Korea | - | - | - | C3 | No HEV71 | No HEV71 |
aBoldface type indicates genogroups causing large outbreaks; –, no data available; No HEV71, no HEV71 identified despite active surveillance.