| outbreak of herpangina in the brazilian amazon in 2009 caused by enterovirus b. | in october 2009, our laboratory was contacted by a brazilian public health organization regarding a severe community outbreak of an acute exanthematic and febrile disease in the brazilian amazon that primarily affected children. a total of 44 patients with febrile disease were identified by the local public health system, 37 of whom were children between 1 and 9 years of age. molecular virological and phylogenetic characterization revealed that enterovirus b was the etiological agent of this out ... | 2014 | 24197788 |