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

Authors :
Benedikt Weissbrich
Jörg Hofmann
Marcus Panning
Alexandra Müller
Klaus Korn
Markus Hufnagel
Florian du Bois
Christiane Prifert
Roland Elling
Sindy Böttcher
Anna-Maria Eis-Hübinger
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 7, Pp 1384-1388 (2019), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019.

Abstract

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 underline the need for HPeV diagnostics and sequence analysis for outbreak investigations.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806059 and 10806040
Volume :
25
Issue :
7
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....9902cb1d6f41868041e7c906544279f4