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Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) subgenogroup B5, first emerging around November 2022, and imported into Vietnam through a single introduction, was the primary cause. Convalescent plasma collected from patients infected with subgenogroups B5 in 2014 and 2023 could neutralize both contemporary viruses with comparable titers, suggesting no evidence of immune evasion. However, at one and six months before the start of the outbreak, only 6.7% of 0\u2013\u2009&lt;\u20093 year-old children in Ho Chi Minh City, an epicenter of the outbreak, had neutralizing antibodies against EV-A71. Seroprevalence increased as the outbreak progressed, coinciding with a drop in EV-A71 infected patients residing in Ho Chi Minh City, suggesting that serosurveillance could be a useful tool to assess the risk of pathogen emergence. 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