Abstract
Enterovirus infections are common in humans worldwide. Enteroviruses are excreted in feces during infection and can be detected from stool specimens by isolation in continuous laboratory cell lines. Characterization of enteroviruses is based on their antigenic and/or genetic properties.
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Blomqvist, S., Roivainen, M. (2016). Isolation and Characterization of Enteroviruses from Clinical Samples. In: MartÃn, J. (eds) Poliovirus. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1387. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3292-4_3
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