A better understanding of the immune status induced by different enteroviruses and its reactivity to EV71 would assist us to explain the circulation pattern of the virus.

• 藉由了解不同肠病毒在族群中的免疫特性，以及与EV71之交叉反应，将有助于建构解释EV71流行的合理模式，以作为预测流行之依据。