Infections can result in severe neurologic symptoms including poliomyelitis-like paralysis.
This invention provides a method for the rapid serotype identification of EV71. The primer pairs described by these researchers are specific for the Enterovirus agent EV71. The virus is known to be fairly prevalent and the sequencing studies indicate that there are two genetically different groups of this virus. The amplicons produced with these primers allow sequencing and even resolution to which genetic group the virus belongs.