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Letter to the Editor

An outbreak of echovirus 18 encephalitis/meningitis in children in Hebei Province, China, 2015

Xiangpeng ChenMOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Infectious Diseases, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children’s HospitalCapital Medical University, Beijing100045, China
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Jingjie LiDepartment of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang050031, Hebei Province, China
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Jiayun GuoMOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Infectious Diseases, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children’s HospitalCapital Medical University, Beijing100045, China
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Wenbo XuWHO WPRO Regional Polio Reference Laboratory and Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing102206, China
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Suzhen SunDepartment of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang050031, Hebei Province, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Zhengde XieMOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, National Key Discipline of Pediatrics, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Infectious Diseases, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children’s HospitalCapital Medical University, Beijing100045, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1-3 | Received 16 Jan 2017, Accepted 09 Apr 2017, Published online: 15 Jan 2019

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