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An echovirus, isolated from children, residents of Cairo, Egypt, U.A.R., was characterized and was shown to be an intratypic variant strain of echovirus type 33.
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Abraham, A.A., Inverso, K. Isolation and characterization of an echovirus, intratypic variant of echovirus 33. Archives of Virology 53, 39–44 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314845
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