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Objective@#To study the molecular epidemiology and genetic variation of coxsackievirus B5 (CV-B5) in certain areas in China.@*Methods@#MEGA 6.0 software was used to analyze the complete VP1 region of CV-B5 isolated strains from certain areas of China by retrieving the GenBank nucleotide database. Besides, the phylogenetic tree was constructed, the homology of nucleotide and amino acids were calculated and the rate of evolution was estimated.@*Results@#A total of 189 Chinese CV-B5 isolated strains were included in this study. Most of Chinese CV-B5 isolated strains belonged to genotype C, accounted for 90.5%. Compared with the genotype A, the homology of nucleotide sequences and amino acid sequences of complete VP1 region of 189 Chinese isolated strains were 79.8%-82.8% and 92.6%-97.9%, respectively; moreover, the nucleotide and the amino acid homology of 189 Chinese CV-B5 isolated strains among themselves ranged from 80.3% to 100.0% and ranged from 91.5% to 100.0%, respectively. The estimated rate of evolution of the CV-B5 was 4×10-3 substitutions/site/year.@*Conclusions@#The majority of CV-B5 isolated strains belonged to genotype C, and subgenotype C1 and C2 were co-circulating together in certain areas of China.
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Objective The objective of this study was to investigate the epidemiological characteristics of disease caused by enterovirus type 71.Methods A total of 10 158 children aged between 6 and 35 months,were recruited from 7 sites where EV71 inactivated vaccine phase 3 clinical trial was carded out.All the subjects were followed up to one year to investigate the epidemiological characteristics of the disease caused by EV71.Results The accumulate incidence density of disease caused by EV71 was 15.17/1 000 person-year.Of all the cases,hand,foot and mouth disease (HFMD),herpangina,respiratory system diseases,digestive system diseases and other diseases accounted for 82.00％,2.67％,13.33％,1.33％ and 0.67％,respectively.The difference of the incidence density between boys and girls showed no statistical significance.Majority of the patients were between 12 and 23 months of age,which accounted for 58.67％ of the total patients.The differences of incidence density between different months of age were statistically significant (x2=7.789,P=0.020).The peak incidence density of disease caused by EV71 occurred from April to June.Nine cases showed severe symptoms or signs that accounted for 6.00％ of all the cases.All severe cases were identified as HFMD,of which 7 were boys and 2 were girls.The number of severe cases in different months of age appeared to be 1,7,and 1,all occurred between April and June.The median courses of HFMD cases and non-HFMD cases were 9 and 6 days,with difference statistically significant (Z=-4.000,P＜0.001).Median of excretion cycle for HFMD and non-HFMD cases were 9 and 11 days respectively.But with no statistically significant difference between the two.Conclusion Majority of the disease that caused by EV71 appeared as HFMD.Most of them were younger children and with seasonal variation.
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Combined effects of ?-chlorohydrin and glycidol on the ultrastructure of theinitial segment and the tail region of the rat epididymis have been studied by ultra-thin sections under electronmicroscope.Individual effects of the both drugs on thesame tissues were also examined simultaneously.The major results are as follows.1.Numbers of swollen and degenerated mitochondria were observed in principalcells,clear cells,apical cells and basal cells of epididymal epithelium,as well as insmooth muscle cells of the ductus epididymidis and in endothelial cells of the capil-laries in epididymal interstitium during a period of 3～30 days after administrationof low dose of ?-chlorohydrin combined with glycidol(5 mg ?-chlorohydrin plus75mg glycidol/kg/day?2),which previously has been proved to be effective inmale rat antifertility.Additionally,Golgi vacuoles,pinocytotic vesicles,multivesicularbodies,stereocilia and smooth endoplasmic reticulum in the apical cytoplasm of someprincipal cells occasionally were found to decrease in number.No Morphologicalchanges of the nuclei were found in these affected cells.The number of morphologi-cally unchanged mitochondria appears to become more with extended time after drugswithdrawal.2.In the group treated with the large combined dose of the drugs(20 mg ?-chlorohydrin plus 100 mg glycidol/kg/day?2),apart from the changes mentionedabove,necrosis and exfoliation of some epididymal epithelial cells could be found.Some lesions of the sperm,such as the destruction of the cytoplasmic membrane,swelling of mitochondria and pyknosis of nucleus were present in a few specimenstaken from this group.3.Effects similiar to that of the combined use of the drugs were also found ingroups using ?-chlorohydrin or glycidol alone,but a less degree of lesions revealed.These observations suggested that the antifertile effects of ?-chlorohydrin andglycidol either used in combination or alone could result injury of mitochondria inepididymal epithelial cells,which should lead to the decrease of the function ofepididymis,hence to interfere with the maturation of the sperm in it.
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It was reported that a complete antifertility action of alpha-chlorohydrin in combination with glycidol in male rats after a daily oral dose of 5mg/kg and 75mg/kg respectively for two days. Simultaneously some ultrastructural changes including mitochondrial swelling, atrophy of Golgi complex, decreasing in pinocytotic vesicles and stereocilia were found in principal cells of epididymis within 3 days after medication.In this experiment the animals received 3, 6 and 9 courses of treatment respectively, each course included two days of administration with a daily dose mentioned above and eight days of cessation of medication.The specimens of initial segment of epididymis, liver and kidney were taken at the end of 3 rd, 6 th and 9th courses of treatment for electron microscopy.The principal cells of initial segment of epididymis revealed a normal feature at the end of 3 rd and 9 th course of treatment. But at the end of 6 th course of treatment, the atrophy of Golgi complex and the decrease in stereocilia and pinocytotic vesicles were found in some principal cells.Any ultrastructural changs of sperms in the initial segment were not found by electron microscope.There was also mitochondrial changes with striking increase in the density of the matrix and reduction of size in some liver cells at the end of 6 th course of treatment, but not at the end of 3 rd or 9 th course of treatment. The epithelial cells of nephron in all the specimens revealed a normal ultrastructural feature.The results suggest that the ultrastructural changes of the principal cells and the liver cells induced by the mixture of the drugs could be recovered at the end of treatments.