Epidemiological investigation of an adult viral rash caused by coxsackievirus A6

VernacularTitle:一起由柯萨奇病毒A6引起的成人病毒性皮疹的流行病学调查
Author: Jun CAO ¹ ; Yong XIAO ; Jing BAO ; Qun CAI ; Qi ZHOU ; Chunan YU ; Guangyuan MA
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1. 无锡市惠山区疾病预防控制中心，无锡　214174
Keywords: Viral rash; Enterovirus; Coxsackie A6
From: Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology 2022;36(1):77-80
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective:To investigate epidemiological characteristics of a viral rash caused by enterovirus.Methods:Retrospective epidemiological analysis was carried out on the cases who had infections in a company. Throat swab samples were collected to detect 22 kinds of respiratory pathogenic agents’ nucleic acids. Enterovirus VP1 gene was amplified and sequenced.Results:A total of 14 adult cases with skin rash, fever, conjunctival hyperemia and sore throat were reported from February 14 to February 21, 2019 from different departments of the company. The peak of incidence occurred on February 18. There were 4 cases. The clinical features were. Of the 14 cases, 6 were male and 8 were female, male: female ration was 0.75∶1. The average age was 35 years.VP1 sequencing showed that 6 cases had coxsackievirus A6 (CV-A6) infection.Conclusions:Combined with the result of epidemiological investigation and laboratory tests, it can be concluded that the viral rash was caused by enterovirus coxsackievirus A6.