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Molecular Epidemiology of Human Enterovirus 71 Strains and Recent Outbreaks in the Asia-Pacific Region: Comparative Analysis of the VP1 and VP4 Genes

Mary Jane Cardosa*

, David Perera*, Betty A. Brown†, Doosung Cheon‡, Hung Ming Chan*, Kwai Peng Chan§, Haewol Cho‡, and Peter McMinn¶

Author affiliations: *Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Sarawak, Malaysia; †Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ‡National Institute of Health, Seoul, Korea; §Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; ¶Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Summary of human enterovirus 71 (HEV71) genotypes circulating in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997^a

	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.

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