The development and application of the two real-time RT-PCR assays to detect the pathogen of HFMD.

Large-scale Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) outbreaks have frequently occurred in China since 2008, affecting more than one million children and causing several hundred children deaths every year. The pathogens of HFMD are mainly human enteroviruses (HEVs). Among them, human enterovirus 71 (HEV...

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Main Authors: Aili Cui, Changping Xu, Xiaojuan Tan, Yan Zhang, Zhen Zhu, Naiying Mao, Yiyu Lu, Wenbo Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3630163?pdf=render