Identification and complete genome characterization of human enterovirus 117 from a child with pneumonia in China.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Du, Juan; Zhu, Teng; Zhuang, Lu; Zhang, Pan-He; Zhang, Xiao-Ai; Lu, Qing-Bin; Liu, Wei
- Source
- Archives of Virology. May2019, Vol. 164 Issue 5, p1489-1492. 4p.
- Subject
- *HUMAN genome
*PNEUMONIA
*ENTEROVIRUS diseases
*IDENTIFICATION
*CHILDREN
- Language
- ISSN
- 0304-8608
In this study, human enterovirus C117 (EV-C117) was detected in a 3-month-old boy diagnosed with pneumonia in China. A phylogenetic analysis showed that this strain was genetically closer to the Lithuanian strain than to the USA strain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]