Clinical and virological features of enterovirus 71 infections in Denmark, 2005 to 2008.

Background: Since the late 1990s enterovirus 71 (EV71) has caused epidemics of hand, foot and mouth disease with fatal cases especially in the Asian Pacific region. The objective of this study was to describe the clinical and virological features of EV71 infections in Denmark.

Methods: All enterovirus-positive samples in Denmark are submitted to the National Poliovirus Laboratory for typing, and the EV71-positive samples are characterized by sequencing and phylogenetic analysis.

Imported melioidosis in Danish travellers: a diagnostic challenge.

Infections with Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis) are rare events in Scandinavian countries, but the bacterium may be contracted during travel to endemic areas, i.e. Southeast Asia (especially Thailand) and northern Australia.