An outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease associated with subgenotype C4 of human enterovirus 71 in Shandong, China

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• 作者：Yong Zhang ; Xiao-Juan Tan ; Hai-Yan Wang ; Dong-Mei Yan ; Shuang-Li Zhu ; Dong-Yan Wang ; Feng Ji ; Xian-Jun Wang ; Yong-Jun Gao ; Li Chen ; Hong-Qiu An ; De-Xin Li ; Shi-Wen Wang ; Ai-Qiang Xu ; Zi-Jun Wang ; Wen-
• 刊名：Journal of Clinical Virology
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：April 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：44
• 期：4
• 页码：262-267
• 全文大小：657 K

文摘

Background

An outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) included 1149 people in Linyi City, Shandong Province, China, in 2007: three children died.

Objectives

To characterize the pathogens responsible for this outbreak and to analyze their genetic features.

Study design

A total of 233 clinical specimens were collected from 105 hospitalized patients, including 11 patients with severe HFMD. Virological investigations (direct RT-PCR, viral isolation and molecular identification) and phylogenetic analysis were performed.

Results

Human enterovirus 71 (HEV71) was the main pathogen that caused this outbreak, based on clinical manifestations, epidemiological data, and laboratory results. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the Shandong HEV71 isolates belonged to 3 lineages in subgenotype C4. Subgenotype C4 could be further divided into two clusters (C4a and C4b), which corresponded to two time periods. Cluster C4a HEV71 has been the predominant virus circulating in mainland China in the past 5 years.

Conclusions

The 2007 HFMD outbreak was mainly caused by HEV71 subgenotype C4 with 3 transmission chains. This virus has been continuously circulating in China since 1998. The Shandong strains co-evolved with isolates from other provinces in mainland China and neighboring countries.