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Review
. 2019 Sep 3;26(1):65.
doi: 10.1186/s12929-019-0560-7.

Antivirals and vaccines for Enterovirus A71

Jing-Yi Lin  1 , Yu-An Kung  2 , Shin-Ru Shih  3   4   5   6
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Review

Antivirals and vaccines for Enterovirus A71

Jing-Yi Lin et al. J Biomed Sci. .

Abstract

Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) is an important emerging virus posing a threat to children under five years old. EV-A71 infection in infants or young children can cause hand-foot-and-mouth disease, herpangina, or severe neurological complications. However, there are still no effective antivirals for treatment of these infections. In this review, we summarize the antiviral compounds developed to date based on various targets of the EV-A71 life cycle. Moreover, development of a vaccine would be the most effective approach to prevent EV-A71 infection. Therefore, we also summarize the development and clinical progress of various candidate EV-A71 vaccines, including inactivated whole virus, recombinant VP1 protein, synthetic peptides, viral-like particles, and live attenuated vaccines.

Keywords: Antivirals; Enterovirus A71; Vaccines.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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