Children's Susceptibility to Enterovirus 71 in Different Areas of Taiwan

NCT ID: NCT01311921

Last Updated: 2011-03-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Total Enrollment: 200 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-02-28

Brief Summary

EV71 has caused large epidemics with lots of fatal cases and cases with sequelae. However, the clinical syndromes and severity of the same EV71 strain are very diverse, ranging from asymptomatic (71%) to fatal (0.05%) disease, and the pathogenesis remains unknown. In addition, the severe or fatal case incidence varies significantly differently in different areas of Taiwan. Although some viral virulence studies were performed, no clear viral virulence factor has been found. Therefore, host factors may be important to the clinical outcomes of EV71 infections. In addition, there were significantly different incidences of severe or fatal cases in different areas of Taiwan, for example, significantly more fatal or severe cases occurred in the central or southern Taiwan in comparison with in northern Taiwan. Whether this is related to host factors, social, behavioral or environmental factors remains unanswered. To find the most important factors associated with EV71 susceptibility, a thorough study involving genetics, social, behavioral or environmental factors among different areas of Taiwan is warranted and the findings will provide future prevention of EV71 and give help on early precaution and treatment of EV71.

Detailed Description

The specific aims are to find factors associated with different severe/fatal incidences in different areas of Taiwan. We will do

1. Comparison of gene variants in EV71 cases with different severity and normal children in different areas of Taiwan to find susceptible genes and genetic polymorphism related to the clinical outcomes

2. Social, behavioral and environmental factors related to EV71 infections in different areas of Taiwan

Conditions

Enterovirus 71, Host Genetics, Social, Behavior, Environmental Factors

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_CONTROL
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Enterovirus type 71

Exclusion Criteria

• not Enterovirus type 71

• Minimum Eligible Age: 1 Day
• Maximum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

China Medical University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

China Medical University Hospital

Other Identifiers

ChinaMUH

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id