Molecular Epidemiology of Herpangina Children in Tongzhou District, Beijing, China, During 2019-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The changing pattern of pathogen spectrum causing herpangina in the time of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes on the molecular epidemiology of herpangina children during 2019-2020 in Tongzhou district, Beijing, China.

Method

From January 2019 to December 2020, children diagnosed with herpangina were recruited by the staff from Tongzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Beijing. Viral RNA extraction from pharyngeal swabs was used for enterovirus (EV) detection and the complete VP1 gene was sequenced. The phylogenetic analysis was performed based on all VP1 sequences for EV genotypes.

Result

A total of 1,331 herpangina children were identified during 2019-2020 wi

SUBMITTER: Xie MZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9082675 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature