An Emerging Human Parechovirus Type 5 Causing Sepsis-Like Illness in Infants in Australia

An Emerging Human Parechovirus Type 5 Causing Sepsis-Like Illness in Infants in Australia

Human parechovirus (HPeV), particularly type 3 (HPeV3), is an important cause of sepsis-/meningitis-like illness in young infants. Laboratory records identified a total of ten HPeV-positive cases in Southeastern Australia between January and July 2019. The HPeV present in these cases were typed by S...

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Main Authors: Anthony Chamings, Kwee Chin Liew, Emily Reid, Eugene Athan, Amy Raditsis, Peter Vuillermin, Yano Yoga, Leon Caly, Julian Druce, Soren Alexandersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
parechovirus
picornaviral epidemiology
recombination
genome sequencing
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/10/913

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