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Outbreak of herpangina in the Brazilian Amazon in 2009 caused by Enterovirus B

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In October 2009, our laboratory was contacted by a Brazilian Public Health organization regarding a severe community outbreak of an acute exanthematic and febrile disease in the Brazilian Amazon that primarily affected children. A total of 44 patients with febrile disease were identified by the local public health system, 37 of whom were children between 1 and 9 years of age. Molecular virological and phylogenetic characterization revealed that enterovirus B was the etiological agent of this outbreak, which was characterized by a clinical presentation known as herpangina.

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Acknowledgments

We thank João Rodrigues dos Santos and colleagues from the Laboratório de Vírus for their excellent technical support. Financial support was provided by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG). D.B. Oliveira and R.K. Campos received fellowships from CNPq. E.G. Kroon, C.A. Bonjardim, G.S. Trindade and P.C.P. Ferreira are researchers from CNPq.

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The study followed the rules of Ethics Committee of Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

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  1. Laboratório de Vírus, Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, Caixa Postal 486, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil

    D. B. Oliveira, R. K. Campos, P. C. P. Ferreira, C. A. Bonjardim, G. S. Trindade, J. S. Abrahão & Erna Geessien Kroon

  2. Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de Tocantins, Palmas, Brazil

    M. S. Soares, R. B. Barros & T. C. A. Batista

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D. B. Oliveira and R. K. Campos contributed equally to this work.

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Oliveira, D.B., Campos, R.K., Soares, M.S. et al. Outbreak of herpangina in the Brazilian Amazon in 2009 caused by Enterovirus B. Arch Virol 159, 1155–1157 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-013-1858-5

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