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Parechovirus typing in clinical specimens by nested or semi-nested PCR coupled with sequencing.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jul 2010
Nix W Allan, Maher Kaija, Pallansch Mark A, Oberste M Steven
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BACKGROUND: The Parechovirus genus (Picornaviridae) contains two known species, Human parechovirus (HPeV) and Ljungan virus (LV). HPeVs cause a wide spectrum of disease, including meningitis, gastroenteritis, encephalitis, respiratory illness, and neonatal sepsis-like disease. LVs are associated with diabetes and myocarditis in bank voles and have been proposed to cause disease in humans. The ability to rapidly...
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