Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics of Coxsackievirus A6 Causing Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease From 2021 to 2023 in China: Genomic Epidemiology Study

Yu Chen   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Shouhang Chen   ¹ , PhD ;   Yuanfang Shen   ¹ , MBBS ;   Zhi Li   ¹ , MD ;   Xiaolong Li   ² , MD ;   Yaodong Zhang   ³ , PhD ;   Xiaolong Zhang   ⁴ , MD ;   Fang Wang   ¹ , MBBS ;   Yuefei Jin   ^{1, 2} , PhD

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

² College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

³ Henan International Joint Laboratory of Children’s Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

⁴ NHC Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention, Henan Key Laboratory of Population Defects Prevention, Zhengzhou, China