Genome Sequence of Coxsackievirus A6, Isolated during a Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak in Finland in 2008

Riikka Osterback; Satu Koskinen; Pirjo Merilahti; Juha-Pekka Pursiheimo; Soile Blomqvist; Merja Roivainen; Asta Laiho; Petri Susi; Matti Waris

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01004-14

Genome Sequence of Coxsackievirus A6, Isolated during a Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak in Finland in 2008

Genome Announc. 2014 Oct 16;2(5):e01004-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01004-14.

Authors

Riikka Osterback¹, Satu Koskinen², Pirjo Merilahti², Juha-Pekka Pursiheimo³, Soile Blomqvist⁴, Merja Roivainen⁴, Asta Laiho³, Petri Susi, Matti Waris²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Virology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland [email protected].
² Department of Virology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
³ Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
⁴ National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.

Abstract

Reports of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) outbreaks caused by coxsackievirus A6 have increased worldwide after the report of the first outbreak in Finland in 2008. The complete genome of the first outbreak strain from a vesicle fluid specimen was determined.