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. 2018 Oct;24(10):1902–1906. doi: 10.3201/eid2410.171953

Table. Serotypes of non–EV-A71 and non–CV-A16 enteroviruses among HFMD cases, by clinical severity, 2013 and 2015, China*.

Test result
2013, no. (%)
2015, no. (%)
Mild, n = 87,226
Severe, n = 3,837
Mild, n = 99,461
Severe, n = 4,712
EV negative 32,801 (37.60) 1,100 (28.67) 35,167 (35.36) 1,273 (27.02)
EV-A71 15,503 (17.77) 1,557 (40.58) 11,800 (11.86) 1,352 (28.69)
CV-A16 10,811 (12.39) 197 (5.13) 13,959 (14.03) 265 (5.62)
Other enteroviruses 28,111 (32.23) 983 (25.62) 38,535 (38.74) 1,822 (38.67)
Further serotyping of other enteroviruses
Total Mild, n = 3,260† Severe, n = 42‡ Mild, n = 2,474§ Severe, n = 71¶
CV-A6 2,620 (80.37) 28 (66.67) 1,471 (59.46) 31 (43.70)
CV-A10 176 (5.40) 4 (9.52) 104 (4.20) #
CV-A2 22 (0.67) 1 (2.38) 5 (0.20) #
CV-A5 9 (0.28) 1 (2.38) 2 (0.08) #
CV-A4 2 (0.06) # 9 (0.36) #
ECV-6 9 (0.28) # # #
CV-B4 13 (0.4) # # #
ECV-25 8 (0.25) # # #
CV-A12 5 (0.15) # # #
CV-B5 5 (0.15) # # #
CV-B2 4 (0.12) # 1 (0.04) #
ECV-7 4 (0.12) # # #
ECV-9 3 (0.09) # # #
CV-A8 1 (0.03) # 3 (0.12) #
CV-A14 2 (0.06) # # #
CV-A21 2 (0.06) # # #
ECV-12 2 (0.06) # # #
CV-B1 2 (0.06) # # #
ECV-30 1 (0.03) # 1 (0.04) #
Other 6 (0.18)** # # #
Untyped 364 (11.37)      8 (19.05) 878 (35.49)       40 (56.34)

*CV, coxsackievirus; ECV, echovirus; EV, enterovirus.
†Results are based on data from Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jilin, Shanxi, Sichuan, Shandong, Tianjin, Xinjiang, and Yunnan provinces. 
‡Results are based on data from Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, and Shanxi provinces. 
§Results are based on data from Beijing, Fujian, Guangxi, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Tianjin, and Zhejiang provinces. 
¶Results are based on data from Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces. 
#The serotypes were not detected, but might be included in the untyped specimens because of laboratory capacity restrictions.
**Other serotypes include CV-A20, CV-A24, ECV-1, ECV-96, Polio1, and Polio2, with 1 of each serotype detected.