Abbreviations
HFMD:
Hand-foot-mouth disease
EV71:
Enterovirus 71
CVA16:
Coxsackievirus A16
CDC-Taiwan:
Centers for disease control in Taiwan
CVA5:
Coxsackievirus A5
CVA6:
Coxsackievirus A6
PCR:
Polymerase chain reaction
RT-PCR:
Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
CPE:
Cytopathic effect.
Declarations
Acknowledgments
This paper was supported by the National Science Council (NSC 101-2321-B-002 -004 and NSC102-2325-B-002-075) and National Taiwan University Hospital (A1 program). The study sponsors did not play any role in the study design, the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, the writing of the report, or the decision to submit this paper for publication.
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Competing interests
All the authors declare that they have no conflicting interests.
Authors’ contributions
WCH and LYC designed and conducted this clinical study. WCH, LYC, LMH and CYL enrolled the cases and revised the manuscript. WCH performed the analyses and completed the manuscript. ALC performed the laboratory examinations. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.