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Parechovirus Genotype 3 Outbreak among Infants, New South Wales, Australia, 2013-2014.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2015
Cumming Germaine, Khatami Ameneh, McMullan Brendan J, Musto Jennie, Leung Kit, Nguyen Oanh, Ferson Mark J, Papadakis Georgina, Sheppeard Vicky
Abstract excerpt
From October 2013 through February 2014, human parechovirus genotype 3 infection was identified in 183 infants in New South Wales, Australia. Of those infants, 57% were male and 95% required hospitalization. Common signs and symptoms were fever >38°C (86%), irritability (80%), tachycardia (68%), and rash (62%). Compared with affected infants in the Northern Hemisphere, infants in New South Wales were slightly...
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