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Severe parechovirus infection in Norwegian infants.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Dec 2014
Skram Marius K, Skanke Lars H, Krokstad Sidsel, Nordbø Svein A, Nietsch Lutz, Døllner Henrik
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human parechovirus genotype 3 (HPeV-3) has been linked to meningoencephalitis and sepsis-like disease in infants younger than 3 months. METHODS: We present clinical and phylogenetic characteristics of 15 infants who were admitted with HPeV-3 infections to 3 hospitals in Norway during a period of 7 months in 2011. RESULTS: Eleven patients had a sepsis-like disease, and meningoencephalitis was found in...
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