Challenges to Licensure of Enterovirus 71 Vaccines
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Challenges to Licensure of Enterovirus 71 Vaccines
Human enteroviruses usually cause self-limited infections except polioviruses and enterovirus 71 (EV71), which frequently involve neurological complications. EV71 vaccines are being evaluated in humans. However, several challenges to licensure of EV71 vaccines need to be addressed. Firstly, EV71 and coxsackievirus A (CA) are frequently found to co-circulate and cause hand-foot-mouth disease (HF...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1935-2735
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001737