Large Outbreak of Herpangina in Children Caused by Enterovirus in Summer of 2015 in Hangzhou, China

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2016 Oct 19

PMID 27752104

Citations 25

Authors

Wei Li

Hui-Hui Gao

Qiong Zhang

Yu-Jie Liu

Ran Tao

Yu-Ping Cheng

Qiang Shu

Shi-Qiang Shang

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Abstract

Herpangina, usually caused by coxsackie virus A, is prevalent in children spreading through the fecal-oral transmission and the respiratory droplets dissemination. Also, it is mostly asymptomatic and self-limiting. In our study, we found that large outbreak of herpangina in children occurred in the summer of 2015 in Hangzhou, China. From May 1th to August 31th, a total of 10 210 children were diagnosed with herpangina in Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. 2 310 throat swabs were collected and tested for enterovirus detection by real-time RT-PCR, while 1 651 cases were positive with the rate of 71.5%. Based on VP1 gene or 5'UTR region sequences, Coxsackievirus A2, A4, A6, A10, B2, B4 and echovirus 30 were detected in these cases. More importantly, Coxsackievirus A2 may be the major subtype of enterovirus resulting in children with herpangina in hangzhou, China.

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