Figure 1.
EV-A71 viral isolates from 2006 outbreak in Sarawak, Malaysia, and its viral kinetics in human rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) and neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) cells. (a) Clinical information about the viruses isolated including genotype, symptoms and area virus was isolated from. (b–e) RD and SH-SY5Y cells were infected with mild, moderate and severe isolates of EV-A71 at MOI 10 and 1 respectively, and harvested at 0, 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours post-infection (hpi). (b,c) Infection kinetics in RD cells via (b) quantification of VP1 antigen by flow cytometry and (c) viral load quantification of VP1 RNA by qRT-PCR. (d,e) Infection kinetics in SH-SY5Y cells via (d) quantification of VP1 antigen by flow cytometry and (e) viral load quantification of VP1 RNA by qRT-PCR. Data are presented as mean ± SEM and representative of three independent experiments. Statistical analysis was carried out with Kruskal-Wallis with Dunn’s multiple comparisons test to compare among EV-A71 isolates at the respective time-points (**p<0.01; ***p<0.001) [Mild vs Severe EV-A71 (*); Moderate vs Severe EV-A71 (+)].