Genetic characteristics of human enterovirus A group 71 type in Xining City in 2017 / 中华实验和临床病毒学杂志

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Objective@#To investigate the genetic characteristics of enterovirus A group 71 type (EV-A71) and etiological features of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Xining city in 2017.@*Methods@#The pharyngeal swab specimens were collected from HFMD patients, and detected by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). For EV-A71 positive samples, virus isolation was performed. Then RNA of EV-A71 strains was extracted, and then VP1 coding region was amplified by RT-PCR. The phylogenetic tree was constructed by comparing with other genotypes and sub-genotypes strains of EV-A71.@*Results@#Total 57 strains of EV-A71 were isolated in Xining city in 2017, which all belonged to genotype C4a, and could be divided into two different lineages by phylogenetic analysis. The epidemic strains of EV-A71 in Xining City was closely related to other provinces of China in 2017.@*Conclusions@#C4a was the dominant genotype of EV-A71 in Xining city in 2017, and no other genotype was detected. In addition, EV-A71 isolated from Xining city was co-evolved with EV-A71 in other provinces of China.