A child with acute encephalopathy associated with quadruple viral infection

A child with acute encephalopathy associated with quadruple viral infection

infection does not always result in AE. The risk factors for developing infantile AE upon such infection remain to be determined. Here we report an infant with AE coinfected with human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and three picornaviruses: coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6), enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), and human parec...

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Main Authors: Keiko eNakata, Mitsuru eKashiwagi, Midori eMasuda, Seiji eShigehara, Chizu eOba, Shinya eMurata, Tetsuo eKase, Jun A Komano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
risk factor
Acute encephalopathy
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6)
Viral co-infection
coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6)
Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68)
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fped.2015.00026/full

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