Manasi Majumdar

Nov 1, 2023 | microbiologyresearch.org | Javier Martin |Javier Martín |Everlyn Kamau |Maël Bessaud |Manasi Majumdar

Enterovirus A71 (EVA71) causes widespread disease in young children with occasional fatal consequences. In common with other picornaviruses both empty capsids (ECs) and infectious virions are produced during the viral lifecycle. While initially antigenically indistinguishable from virions ECs readily convert to an expanded conformation at moderate temperatures.