Outbreak of herpangina in the Brazilian Amazon in 2009 caused by Enterovirus B.

Autor: Oliveira DB; Laboratório de Vírus, Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, Caixa Postal 486, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil., Campos RK, Soares MS, Barros RB, Batista TC, Ferreira PC, Bonjardim CA, Trindade GS, Abrahão JS, Kroon EG
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of virology [Arch Virol] 2014 May; Vol. 159 (5), pp. 1155-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Nov 07.
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-013-1858-5
Abstrakt: In October 2009, our laboratory was contacted by a Brazilian Public Health organization regarding a severe community outbreak of an acute exanthematic and febrile disease in the Brazilian Amazon that primarily affected children. A total of 44 patients with febrile disease were identified by the local public health system, 37 of whom were children between 1 and 9 years of age. Molecular virological and phylogenetic characterization revealed that enterovirus B was the etiological agent of this outbreak, which was characterized by a clinical presentation known as herpangina.
Databáze: MEDLINE