| a severe pediatric infection with a novel enterovirus a71 strain, thuringia, germany. | infection by enterovirus a71 (ev-a71) is an important cause of hand, foot, and mouth disease (hfmd). outbreaks including severe cases with neurological and cardiopulmonary complications have been reported particularly from southeast asia. in europe, the epidemiology of ev-a71 is not well understood. in summer 2015, a two-year-old girl from thuringia, germany, presented with rhombencephalitis/brainstem encephalitis associated with severe neurological and cardiopulmonary complications. ev-a71 was ... | 2016 | 27771495 |