Running status of Qinghai provincial hand, foot and mouth disease laboratory network in 2017 / 中华实验和临床病毒学杂志

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Objective@#To evaluate the running status of Qinghai provincial hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) laboratory network in 2017.@*Methods@#The surveillance database developed in Qinghai provincial HFMD laboratory network in 2017 were analyzed, and the indicators for the running status of HFMD laboratory network in Qinghai province were evaluated.@*Results@#It was shown that 574 samples of suspected HFMD cases were detected by real time RT-PCR in 2017, and 368 were positive, the positive rate was 64.11%. Then 121 virus strains were isolated, the results of sequencing and analysis showed that 100 strains were EV71 with C4a genotype, 16 strains were CA16 with B1b genotype, and 5 strains belonged to the other enterovirus. In addition, Qinghai provincial HFMD network labs passed all the confirmatory test and proficiency test, and on-site review held by national HFMD laboratory in 2017, respectively.@*Conclusions@#Qinghai provincial HFMD laboratory network has been established and running well. It provided important scientific basis for HFMD surveillance in Qinghai province.