RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Lukashev, A. N. A1 Lashkevich, V. A. A1 Koroleva, G. A. A1 Ilonen, J. A1 Hinkkanen, A. E.YR 2004 T1 Recombination in uveitis-causing enterovirus strains JF Journal of General Virology, VO 85 IS 2 SP 463 OP 470 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.19469-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2099, AB The complete nucleotide sequences of three human echovirus (EV) 11 strains and one EV19 strain, all of which caused outbreaks of enterovirus uveitis (EU), a new infant disease first identified in 1980 in Siberia, were determined. One EV11 strain which caused an outbreak of sepsis-like disease in Hungary was also sequenced. All four EV11 strains were mosaic recombinants of the prototype EV11 strain Gregory, with their non-structural coding regions and 5′ NTRs being more similar to other prototype enteroviruses (EV1, EV9). However, this finding is probably a feature of all circulating enterovirus strains and may not be related to their altered virulence. A full genome sequence comparison of the three subtypes of EU-causing strains excludes the role of recent recombination in their emergence, and points to their independent emergence., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/vir.0.19469-0