During October 2014, enterovirus (EV) RNA was detected in the stools of four children attending the same class in a nursery school, and hospitalized with mild febrile and vomiting disease in Parma, Italy. Upon sequencing, the viruses were characterized as EV71 subgenogroup C2. Phylogenetic analysis of the four EV71 C2 viruses allowed the distinction of a diverging lineage within subgenogroup C2, containing the Italian EV71 C2 strains and viruses detected in France in 2013. The identification of an outbreak of EV71 C2 in Italy extended information on the geographic diffusion and clinical relevance of these viruses in Europe.
A cluster of Enterovirus 71 subgenogroup C2 in a nursery school, Italy, 2014 / Medici, Maria Cristina; Tummolo, Fabio; Arcangeletti, Maria Cristina; DE CONTO, Flora; Chezzi, Carlo; Dodi, I.; Calderaro, Adriana. - In: NEW MICROBIOLOGICA. - ISSN 1121-7138. - 39:4(2016), pp. 295-298.
A cluster of Enterovirus 71 subgenogroup C2 in a nursery school, Italy, 2014
MEDICI, Maria Cristina;TUMMOLO, FABIO;ARCANGELETTI, Maria Cristina;DE CONTO, Flora;CHEZZI, Carlo;CALDERARO, Adriana
2016-01-01
Abstract
During October 2014, enterovirus (EV) RNA was detected in the stools of four children attending the same class in a nursery school, and hospitalized with mild febrile and vomiting disease in Parma, Italy. Upon sequencing, the viruses were characterized as EV71 subgenogroup C2. Phylogenetic analysis of the four EV71 C2 viruses allowed the distinction of a diverging lineage within subgenogroup C2, containing the Italian EV71 C2 strains and viruses detected in France in 2013. The identification of an outbreak of EV71 C2 in Italy extended information on the geographic diffusion and clinical relevance of these viruses in Europe.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
