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Madhu Chhanda Mohanty1, Swapnil Y Varose1, Sneha V Rane1
1Mumbai Unit, ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Mumbai 400012, Maharashtra, India.
Abstract:
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) caused by Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is highly infectious and can lead to serious neurological complications. This study proposed to evaluate the seroprevalence of EV71 in children of two states of western India by estimating neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) to EV71 genotypes D, G, and C isolated in India, using micro-neutralization assay. Among the serum samples of 612 children tested, 213 (34.80%, 95% CI: 31.00-38.73) and 312 (51.00%, 95% CI: 47.00-55.00) were positive for nAbs to EV71 BrCr and indigenous genotype D, respectively, with a significant rise with age for genotype D. However, compared to other age groups, only 23.2% of children aged 1-5 years showed nAbs to EV71 genotype D with a considerably lower Geometric Mean Titer, indicating the susceptibility of this age group to EV71 infection. Our study confirms the circulation of EV71 in India with relatively high susceptibility of children up to 5 years to EV71 infections.
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