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Pediatric parechovirus infections.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jun 2014
Esposito Susanna, Rahamat-Langendoen Janette, Ascolese Beatrice, Senatore Laura, Castellazzi Luca, Niesters Hubert G M
Abstract excerpt
Human parechoviruses (HPeVs) are members of the large and growing family of Picornaviridae. Although 16 types have been described on the basis of the phylogenetic analyses of the VP1 encoding region, the majority of published reports relate to the HPeV types 1-8. In pediatrics, HPeV1, HPeV2 and HPeV4-8 mainly cause mild gastrointestinal or respiratory illness; only occasionally more serious diseases have been...
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