Identification of Enterovirus C105 for the first time in New Zealand.

WPSAR Vol 6, No 1, 2015 | doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2014.5.4.003 www.wpro.who.int/wpsar 60 a Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Wallaceville, Upper Hutt, New Zealand. b Middlemore Hospital, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand. Submitted: 23 October 2014; Published: 10 February 2015 doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2014.5.4.003 We report on the first identification of Enterovirus C105 (EV-C105) in New Zealand from a 52-year-old male hospitalized with mild respiratory tract symptoms. Enterovirus genotyping was performed by partial sequencing of the VP1 region of the enterovirus genome. This highlights the importance of enterovirus surveillance for detection of the importation of new genotypes such as EV-C105, thus allowing a better understanding of the roles they play in disease.