| molecular detection of enteroviruses from an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease in malaysia in 1997. | enterovirus 5'utr sequences were detected by rt-pcr in 22 out of 47 suspected hand, foot and mouth disease (hfmd) patients during an outbreak of the disease with incidences of fatal brainstem encephalomyelitis in malaysia in 1997. genetic and phylogenetic analyses of the isolates 5'utr sequences suggest the presence of predominantly enteroviruses with high sequence similarities to echovirus 1 and coxsackievirus a9 in the malaysian peninsula. no fatal cases, however, were associated with these is ... | 1999 | 10528868 |