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  1. [Enterovirus type 70, a pathogenic agent of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis (author's transl)]
    Kopecká D
    Cesk Epidemiol Mikrobiol Imunol, 1977 Nov;25(6):342-4.
    PMID: 188556
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology*
  2. Fulltext Spatio-temporal analysis on enterovirus cases through integrated surveillance in Taiwan
    Chan TC, Hwang JS, Chen RH, King CC, Chiang PH
    BMC Public Health, 2014 Jan 08;14:11.
    PMID: 24400725 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-11
    BACKGROUND: Severe epidemics of enterovirus have occurred frequently in Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Cambodia, and China, involving cases of pulmonary edema, hemorrhage and encephalitis, and an effective vaccine has not been available. The specific aim of this study was to understand the epidemiological characteristics of mild and severe enterovirus cases through integrated surveillance data.

    METHODS: All enterovirus cases in Taiwan over almost ten years from three main databases, including national notifiable diseases surveillance, sentinel physician surveillance and laboratory surveillance programs from July 1, 1999 to December 31, 2008 were analyzed. The Pearson's correlation coefficient was applied for measuring the consistency of the trends in the cases between different surveillance systems. Cross correlation analysis in a time series model was applied for examining the capability to predict severe enterovirus infections. Poisson temporal, spatial and space-time scan statistics were used for identifying the most likely clusters of severe enterovirus outbreaks. The directional distribution method with two standard deviations of ellipse was applied to measure the size and the movement of the epidemic.

    RESULTS: The secular trend showed that the number of severe EV cases peaked in 2008, and the number of mild EV cases was significantly correlated with that of severe ones occurring in the same week [r = 0.553, p 

    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology*
  3. Phylogenetic designation of enterovirus 71 genotypes and subgenotypes using complete genome sequences
    Chan YF, Sam IC, AbuBakar S
    Infect Genet Evol, 2010 Apr;10(3):404-12.
    PMID: 19465162 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.05.010
    Human enterovirus 71 (EV-71) is genotyped for molecular epidemiological investigation mainly using the two structural genes, VP1 and VP4. Based on these, EV-71 is divided into three genotypes, A, B and C, and within the genotypes B and C, there are further subgenotypes, B1-B5 and C1-C5. Classification using these genes is useful but gives incomplete phylogenetic information. In the present study, the phylogenetic relationships amongst all the known EV-71 and human enterovirus A (HEV-A) isolates with complete genome sequences were examined. A different tree topology involving EV-71 isolates of subgenotypes, C4 and B5 was obtained in comparison to that drawn using VP1. The nucleotide sequence divergence of the C4 isolates was 18.11% (17-20%) when compared to other isolates of subgenotype C. However, this positions the C4 isolates within the cut-off divergence value of 17-22% used to designate the virus genotypes. Hence, it is proposed here that C4 should be designated as a new genotype D. In addition, the subgenotype B5 isolates had an average nucleotide divergence of only 6.14% (4-8%) when compared to other subgenotype B4 isolates. This places the B5 isolates within the subgenotype B4. It is proposed here that the B5 isolates to be redesignated as B4. With the newly proposed genotype D and inclusion of subgenotype B5 within B4, the average nucleotide divergence between genotypes was 18.99% (17-22%). Inter- and intra-subgenotype average divergences were 12.02% (10-14%) and 3.92% (1-10%), respectively. A phylogenetic tree built using the full genome sequences is robust as it takes into consideration changes in the sequences of both the structural and non-structural genes. Similar nucleotide similarities, however, were obtained if only VP1 and 3D RNA polymerase genes were used. Furthermore, addition of 3D RNA polymerase sequences will also show recombination events. Hence, in the absence of full genome sequences, it is proposed here that a combination of VP1 and 3D RNA polymerase gene sequences be used for initial genotyping of EV-71 isolates.
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology
  4. Development of enterovirus 71 vaccines
    Lee MS, Chang LY
    Expert Rev Vaccines, 2010 Feb;9(2):149-56.
    PMID: 20109026 DOI: 10.1586/erv.09.152
    Enterovirus 71 (EV71) was first isolated in 1969 in California, USA. Several epidemic outbreaks with high mortality rates have occurred in European and Asian Countries (Bulgaria in 1975, Hungary in 1978, Malaysia in 1997, Taiwan in 1998 and China in 2008). EV71 CNS involvement may be associated with neurological sequelae, delayed neurodevelopment and reduced cognitive functioning. Since poliovirus was nearly eradicated by vaccination, EV71 is now considered as one of the top candidates for new vaccine development against human enteroviruses. Recently, several EV71 vaccine candidates, including live-attenuated virus, inactivated whole virus, recombinant viral protein, virus-like particle and DNA vaccines, have been evaluated in animals but no clinical trial has yet been conducted. Based on historical experiences with poliovirus vaccines and animal studies, the inactivated whole-virus vaccines are feasible and could be licensed readily, so these are targeted for preparing clinical trials in several organizations in Asia.
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology
  5. Fulltext An outbreak of echovirus 11 amongst neonates in a confinement home in Penang, Malaysia
    Bina Rai S, Wan Mansor H, Vasantha T, Norizah I, Chua KB
    Med J Malaysia, 2007 Aug;62(3):223-6.
    PMID: 18246912 MyJurnal
    Confinement homes are private institutions that provide full-time care for newborn babies and their respective postpartum mothers up to one month after delivery. An outbreak of fever and diarrhoea amongst newborns occurred in one such confinement home in Penang between the months of September to October 2004. An outbreak investigation was carried out including all babies, their respective mothers and workers in the home to determine the source of the outbreak and to institute control measures. Based on a working case definition of febrile illness with or without diarrhoea, 11 out of the 13 babies in the confinement home met the case definition. One hundred percent had symptoms of fever. 36.4% had symptoms of diarrhea and other respiratory conditions respectively. The attack rate of among babies in the confinement home was 90%. Echovirus 11 was isolated from 3 out of the 11 febrile cases. Echovirus 11 was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid and stool of another baby at a private hospital that was epidemiologically linked to the first case. In conclusion, the outbreak of febrile illness amongst newborn babies in the affected confinement home was due to echovirus 11. The source was probably health-care associated with efficient transmission within the confinement home. The faecal-oral route was the most likely mode of transmission.
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology*
  6. Characterization of species B adenoviruses isolated from fecal specimens taken from poliomyelitis-suspected cases
    de Azevedo JP, Nascimento LR, Cortinovis MC, Oliveira SS, da Costa EV, da Silva EE
    J Clin Virol, 2004 Dec;31(4):248-52.
    PMID: 15494264 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.04.007
    BACKGROUND: Human adenoviruses are classified into six species, A-F, and 51 serotypes are recognized. Adenoviruses can cause a broad range of diseases. Serotypes 3, 7 and 21 are most commonly associated with CNS disease. Serotype 21 (specie B) was isolated from brain tissue and CSF of patients with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in Malaysia.
    OBJECTIVES: Characterize, by molecular methods, species B adenoviruses isolated from poliomyelitis-suspected cases and investigate the possible etiological role of adenoviruses in acute flaccid paralysis (AFP).
    STUDY DESIGN: 622 virus isolates, including Sabin-related polioviruses, non-polio enteroviruses (NPEV) and adenoviruses, were recovered from fecal specimens in our laboratory during the period of 1997-2002 from AFP cases occurring in Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. Negative controls consisted of 528 fecal specimens collected from healthy children <==5 of age. Of these, 478 were contacts of AFP negative cases and 50 were from a day-care center.
    RESULTS: Sixty-four adenovirus strains isolated in HEp2 (human laryngeal tumor cells) cells were confirmed as such by an adenovirus-group specific PCR. Nucleotide sequencing identified the following adenovirus species: A (3 isolates), B (20 isolates), C (38 isolates), D (2 isolates) and E (1 isolate). The following serotypes belonging to the species B were identified: Ad3 (1 strain), Ad7 (17 strains) and, Ad16 (2 strains).
    CONCLUSION: Other viral agents became more recognized in association with CNS diseases in areas where wild polioviruses have been eradicated. The possible role of species B adenoviruses in the etiology of AFP cases similar to that caused by wild poliovirus is discussed.
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology
  7. [Myocarditis caused by enteroviruses in Greece--and in Germany?]
    Braun R, Hassler D, Kimmig P
    Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr., 2002 Jun 21;127(25-26):1364.
    PMID: 12136792
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology*
  8. Enterovirus 71: the virus, its infections and outbreaks
    Ho M
    J Microbiol Immunol Infect, 2000 Dec;33(4):205-16.
    PMID: 11269363
    Enterovirus 71 (EV71) was first recognized in 1974. Since then it has been implicated in 13 small and large outbreaks world-wide. Large outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), mostly benign, occurred in Japan in 1973 and 1978. Four outbreaks with brain stem encephalitis and significant numbers of deaths occurred in Bulgaria and Hungary in the late 1970's and in Malaysia and Taiwan in 1997 and 1998 respectively. During the latter two epidemics, pulmonary edema and hemorrhage often leading to quick deaths in children aged from 0.5 to 3 years old was first recognized. In Taiwan 78 deaths and over 100,000 cases of HFMD occurred. Coxsackie A16 cocirculated with EV 71, without however, causing any severe illnesses. The transmission of EV 71 was related to number of siblings in a household, rural residence and contact with cases of HFMD. Genotype analyses show that genotypes have changed with time in the United States and Japan. Recent isolates from Japan are similar to the isolates from Malaysia and Taiwan in 1997 and 1998, respectively. Even though genotype analysis has not identified specific sequences responsible for neurovirulence, the strains causing brain stem encephalitis and pulmonary edema in the Far East are similar and have arisen since 1997. Seroepidemiological studies in Taiwan suggest that children aged from 0.5 to 4 years old are most susceptible while the rest of the population are over 50% immune. Theoretically there is a pool of such susceptible subjects every few years. In prevention for another major outbreak, a simple, inactivated Salk type vaccine should be immediately prepared and made available.
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology
  9. Phylogenetic analysis of enterovirus 71 strains isolated during linked epidemics in Malaysia, Singapore, and Western Australia
    McMinn P, Lindsay K, Perera D, Chan HM, Chan KP, Cardosa MJ
    J Virol, 2001 Aug;75(16):7732-8.
    PMID: 11462047
    Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a frequent cause of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) epidemics associated with severe neurological sequelae in a small proportion of cases. There has been a significant increase in EV71 epidemic activity throughout the Asia-Pacific region since 1997. Recent HFMD epidemics in this region have been associated with a severe form of brainstem encephalitis associated with pulmonary edema and high case fatality rates. In this study, we show that four genetic lineages of EV71 have been prevalent in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997, including two previously undescribed genogroups (B3 and B4). Furthermore, we show that viruses belonging to genogroups B3 and B4 have circulated endemically in Southeast Asia during this period and have been the primary cause of several large HFMD or encephalitis epidemics in Malaysia, Singapore, and Western Australia.
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology
  10. Fulltext Outbreaks of enterovirus 71 infection
    AbuBakar S, Chan YF, Lam SK
    N Engl J Med, 2000 Feb 3;342(5):355-6.
    PMID: 10660400 DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200002033420513
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology*
  11. Fulltext Enterovirus type 70: the etiologic agent of pandemic acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis
    Mirkovic RR, Kono R, Yin-Murphy M, Sohier R, Schmidt NJ, Melnick JL
    Bull World Health Organ, 1973;49(4):341-6.
    PMID: 4368683
    A new enterovirus, now classified as enterovirus type 70, was isolated from the conjunctiva of patients with acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis during the 1971 epidemics that occurred in Japan, Singapore, and Morocco. These epidemics were parts of a pandemic involving Africa (Algeria, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, and Tunisia), Asia (Cambodia, China (Province of Taiwan), Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand), and England during 1969-71. A representative strain from each of the three epidemic areas was studied cooperatively. The strains exhibited the physicochemical characteristics of enteroviruses. Cross-neutralization tests showed that these viruses were distinct from all known human enterovirus immunotypes, but that they were antigenically closely related. The human origin of the viruses was demonstrated by the appearance of homologous neutralizing antibodies during convalescence in patients with acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis.
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology
  12. Fulltext Emerging infectious diseases--Southeast Asia
    Lam SK
    Emerg Infect Dis, 1998 Apr-Jun;4(2):145-7.
    PMID: 9621184
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology*
  13. Molecular epidemiology of human enterovirus 71 strains and recent outbreaks in the Asia-Pacific region: comparative analysis of the VP1 and VP4 genes
    Cardosa MJ, Perera D, Brown BA, Cheon D, Chan HM, Chan KP, et al.
    Emerg Infect Dis, 2003 Apr;9(4):461-8.
    PMID: 12702227
    This study provides a comprehensive overview of the molecular epidemiology of human enterovirus 71 (HEV71) in the Asia-Pacific region from 1997 through 2002. Phylogenetic analysis of the VP4 and VP1 genes of recent HEV71 strains indicates that several genogroups of the virus have been circulating in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997. The first of these recent outbreaks, described in Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo) in 1997, was caused by genogroup B3. This outbreak was followed by large outbreaks in Taiwan in 1998, caused by genogroup C2, and in Perth (Western Australia) in 1999, where viruses belonging to genogroups B3 and C2 cocirculated. Singapore, Taiwan, and Sarawak had HEV71 epidemics in 2000, caused predominantly by viruses belonging to genogroup B4; however, large numbers of fatalities were observed only in Taiwan. HEV71 was identified during an epidemic of hand, foot and mouth disease in Korea; that epidemic was found to be due to viruses constituting a new genogroup, C3.
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology*
  14. Fulltext Cell and tissue tropism of enterovirus 71 and other enteroviruses infections
    Lin JY, Shih SR
    J Biomed Sci, 2014;21:18.
    PMID: 24602216 DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-21-18
    Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a member of Picornaviridae that causes mild and self-limiting hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD). However, EV71 infections can progress to polio-like paralysis, neurogenic pulmonary edema, and fatal encephalitis in infants and young children. Large EV71 outbreaks have been reported in Taiwan, China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia. This virus is considered a critical emerging public health threat. EV71 is an important crucial neurotropic enterovirus for which there is currently no effective antiviral drug or vaccine. The mechanism by which EV71 causes severe central nervous system complications remains unclear. The interaction between the virus and the host is vital for viral replication, virulence, and pathogenicity. SCARB2 or PSGL-1 receptor binding is the first step in the development of viral infections, and viral factors (e.g., 5' UTR, VP1, 3C, 3D, 3' UTR), host factors and environments (e.g., ITAFs, type I IFN) are also involved in viral infections. The tissue tropism and pathogenesis of viruses are determined by a combination of several factors. This review article provides a summary of host and virus factors affecting cell and tissue tropism and the pathogenesis of enteroviruses.
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology*
  15. Fulltext Outbreaks of enterovirus D68 in Malaysia: genetic relatedness to the recent US outbreak strains
    Ng KT, Oong XY, Pang YK, Hanafi NS, Kamarulzaman A, Tee KK
    Emerg Microbes Infect, 2015 Aug;4(8):e47.
    PMID: 26421270 DOI: 10.1038/emi.2015.47
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology*
  16. Complete sequence analyses of enterovirus 71 strains from fatal and non-fatal cases of the hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak in Singapore (2000)
    Singh S, Poh CL, Chow VT
    Microbiol. Immunol., 2002;46(11):801-8.
    PMID: 12516778
    Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a major aetiological agent of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). In recent years, several outbreaks in East Asia were associated with neurological complications and numerous deaths. An outbreak in Singapore in October 2000 afflicted thousands of children, resulting in four fatal cases from three of whom EV71 was isolated. The genomes of two representative EV71 strains isolated from a fatal case and a surviving patient were completely sequenced, and their nucleotide and amino acid sequences compared with known EV71 strains. The two outbreak strains were classified under genogroup B, together with those previously isolated in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan. Comparative sequence analysis of the two Singapore strains revealed 99% nucleotide similarity, while their deduced amino acid sequences were almost identical except for residue 1506 in the 3A non-structural region. Given that the outbreak involved closely related genetic variants of EV71, the broad spectrum of disease severity may be attributed to critical factors such as varying viral inoculation doses or differing host immune responses following infection, but is less likely to be due to the emergence of EV71 strains with heightened virulence.
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology*
  17. Isolation of subgenus B adenovirus during a fatal outbreak of enterovirus 71-associated hand, foot, and mouth disease in Sibu, Sarawak
    Cardosa MJ, Krishnan S, Tio PH, Perera D, Wong SC
    Lancet, 1999 Sep 18;354(9183):987-91.
    PMID: 10501361
    In mid-1997, several children died in Sarawak, Malaysia, during an epidemic of enterovirus-71 (EV71) hand, foot, and mouth disease. The children who died had a febrile illness that rapidly progressed to cardiopulmonary failure and the cause was not satisfactorily resolved. We describe the isolation and identification of a subgenus B adenovirus from the children who died.
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology*
  18. Enterovirus 71 infection in Australian expatriate children following an outbreak in Malaysia
    Craig ME, Vale T, Robertson P, Rawlinson WD, Gould B
    J Paediatr Child Health, 1999 Feb;35(1):107-8.
    PMID: 10234649
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology*
  19. Fulltext Enterovirus 71 outbreak, Brunei
    AbuBakar S, Sam IC, Yusof J, Lim MK, Misbah S, MatRahim N, et al.
    Emerg Infect Dis, 2009 Jan;15(1):79-82.
    PMID: 19116058 DOI: 10.3201/eid1501.080264
    Enterovirus 71 (EV71) outbreaks occur periodically in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2006, Brunei reported its first major outbreak of EV71 infections, associated with fatalities from neurologic complications. Isolated EV71 strains formed a distinct lineage with low diversity within subgenogroup B5, suggesting recent introduction and rapid spread within Brunei.
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology*
  20. Human enterovirus 71 subgenotype B3 lacks coxsackievirus A16-like neurovirulence in mice infection
    Chan YF, AbuBakar S
    Virol J, 2005;2:74.
    PMID: 16122396
    At least three different EV-71 subgenotypes were identified from an outbreak in Malaysia in 1998. The subgenotypes C2 and B4 were associated with the severe and fatal infections, whereas the B3 virus was associated with mild to subclinical infections. The B3 virus genome sequences had >= 85% similarity at the 3' end to CV-A16. This offers opportunities to examine if there are characteristic similarities and differences in virulence between CV-A16, EV-71 B3 and EV-71 B4 and to determine if the presence of the CV-A16-liked genes in EV-71 B3 would also confer the virus with a CV-A16-liked neurovirulence in mice model infection.
    Matched MeSH terms: Enterovirus Infections/epidemiology
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