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Human Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) isolated from acute flaccid paralysis patients without symptoms of hand foot and mouth diseaseMohd Apandi Yusof, Mohd Samsul Samsudin, Syarifah Nur Ashatun, Jasinta Anak Denis, Amry Khursany Ismail, Zarina Mohd Zawawi, Ravindran Thayan. Abstract | | | Cited by 1 Articles | Human enterovirus A-71 (EV-A71) is one of the causative agent for hand, foot and mouth disease. It is also reported to cause acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) during HFMD outbreaks and very rare to isolate them from non-AFP cases. Recently, the discovery of EV-A71 which caused AFP in patients, but not related or associated with HFMD outbreaks showed that this virus could circulate independently. It should be investigated thoroughly as their ability to cause paralysis upon the eradication of polio
Key words: Human enterovirus, EV-A71, acute flaccid paralysis, hand foot mouth disease, gene sequences.
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