Epidemic Myalgia in Adults Associated with Human Parechovirus Type 3 Infection, Yamagata, Japan, 2008

Epidemic Myalgia in Adults Associated with Human Parechovirus Type 3 Infection, Yamagata, Japan, 2008

Human parechovirus has rarely been shown to cause clinical disease in adults. During June–August 2008, a total of 22 adults sought treatment at Yonezawa City Hospital in Yamagata, Japan, for muscle pain and weakness of all limbs; most also had fever and sore throat. All patients received a clinical...

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Main Authors: Katsumi Mizuta, Makoto Kuroda, Masayuki Kurimura, Yoshikazu Yahata, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Yoko Aoki, Tatsuya Ikeda, Chieko Abiko, Masahiro Noda, Hirokazu Kimura, Tetsuya Mizutani, Takeo Kato, Toru Kawanami, Tadayuki Ahiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
epidemic myalgia
human parechovirus
myositis
Japan
HPeV
parechovirus
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/11/11-1570_article

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