| [characterization of enterovirus type 71 isolated in saitama prefecture in 2000]. | coxsackievirus a16 (ca16) has been isolated mainly from hand, foot and mouth disease patients for the past several years in saitama prefecture, japan, but in 2000, enterovirus 71 (ev71) was isolated with high frequency. also, many cases with aseptic meningitis were reported unusually. we determined partial nucleotide sequences of ev71 isolated in this year and compared them with those of the viruses isolated previously. eighteen strains of ev71 were isolated from may to september in 2000. the se ... | 2001 | 11494567 |