Fatal Coxsackievirus A-16 Pneumonitis in Adult

Legay, François; Lévêque, Nicolas; Gacouin, Arnaud; Tattevin, Pierre; Bouet, Julien; Thomas, Rémi; Chomel, Jean-Jacques

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Fatal Coxsackievirus A-16 Pneumonitis in Adult

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Jul 2007
By Legay, François ; Lévêque, Nicolas ; Gacouin, Arnaud ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Legay, François ; Lévêque, Nicolas ; Gacouin, Arnaud ; Tattevin, Pierre ; Bouet, Julien ; Thomas, Rémi ; Chomel, Jean-Jacques
Description:

Coxsackievirus A-16 (CVA-16) is the agent of hand, foot, and mouth disease in children. We report a case of fatal pneumonitis in an adult due to a CVA-16 strain with a low (78.6%) rate of sequence homology with the reference strain. A modified, more virulent, strain of CVA-16 could be emerging.
Subjects:

Aged Coxsackievirus Infections Enterovirus A, Human Fatal Outcome Hand, Foot And Mouth Disease Humans Male Phylogeny Pneumonia, Viral Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Emerg Infect Dis. 13(7):1084-1086.
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Journal Article
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France
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Europe
Volume:

13
Issue:

7
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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