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González-Sanz R, Casas-Alba D, Launes C, Muñoz-Almagro C, Ruiz-García MM, Alonso M, González-Abad MJ, Megías G, Rabella N, Del Cuerpo M, Gozalo-Margüello M, González-Praetorius A, Martínez-Sapiña A, Goyanes-Galán MJ, Romero MP, Calvo C, Antón A, Imaz M, Aranzamendi M, Hernández-Rodríguez Á, Moreno-Docón A, Rey-Cao S, Navascués A, Otero A, Cabrerizo M. Molecular epidemiology of an enterovirus A71 outbreak associated with severe neurological disease, Spain, 2016. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 24. [PMID: 30782267 PMCID: PMC6381658 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2019.24.7.1800089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Introduction Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) is an emerging pathogen that causes a wide range of disorders including severe neurological manifestations. In the past 20 years, this virus has been associated with large outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease with neurological complications in the Asia-Pacific region, while in Europe mainly sporadic cases have been reported. In spring 2016, however, an EV-A71 outbreak associated with severe neurological cases was reported in Catalonia and spread further to other Spanish regions. Aim Our objective was to investigate the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of the outbreak. Methods We carried out a retrospective study which included 233 EV-A71-positive samples collected during 2016 from hospitalised patients. We analysed the clinical manifestations associated with EV-A71 infections and performed phylogenetic analyses of the 3’-VP1 and 3Dpol regions from all Spanish strains and a set of EV-A71 from other countries. Results Most EV-A71 infections were reported in children (mean age: 2.6 years) and the highest incidence was between May and July 2016 (83%). Most isolates (218/233) were classified as subgenogroup C1 and 217 of them were grouped in one cluster phylogenetically related to a new recombinant variant strain associated with severe neurological diseases in Germany and France in 2015 and 2016. Moreover, we found a clear association of EV-A71-C1 infection with severe neurological disorders, brainstem encephalitis being the most commonly reported. Conclusion An emerging recombinant variant of EV-A71-C1 was responsible for the large outbreak in 2016 in Spain that was associated with many severe neurological cases.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rubén González-Sanz
- Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- CIBER de epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Carmen Muñoz-Almagro
- CIBER de epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain.,Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Research Network in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain.,Hospital Universitario La Paz, Fundación IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Translational Research Network in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain.,Hospital Universitario La Paz, Fundación IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Universitari Vall d´Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Microbiology Service, University Hospital "Germans Trias i Pujol", Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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- Translational Research Network in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain.,Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Translational Research Network in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain.,CIBER de epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain.,Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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