Epidemiology of Human Parechovirus Type 3 Upsurge in 2 Hospitals, Freiburg, Germany, 2018

Epidemiology of Human Parechovirus Type 3 Upsurge in 2 Hospitals, Freiburg, Germany, 2018

In 2018, a cluster of pediatric human parechovirus (HPeV) infections in 2 neighboring German hospitals was detected. Viral protein 1 sequence analysis demonstrated co-circulation of different HPeV-3 sublineages and of HPeV-1 and -5 strains, thereby excluding a nosocomial outbreak. Our findings under...

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Main Authors: Roland Elling, Sindy Böttcher, Florian du Bois, Alexandra Müller, Christiane Prifert, Benedikt Weissbrich, Jörg Hofmann, Klaus Korn, Anna-Maria Eis-Hübinger, Markus Hufnagel, Marcus Panning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
parechovirus
pediatric
outbreak
VP1 sequence
phylogeny
surveillance
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/7/19-0257_article

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