Human Parechovirus Infection, Denmark

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Fischer, Thea K. ; Midgley, Sofie ; Dalgaard, Camilla ; Nielsen, Alex Y.
• Description:
  Human parechoviruses (HPeVs) often cause severe illness among young children. National surveillance with routine testing of all cerebrospinal fluid, fecal, and tissue samples was conducted during January 2009-December 2012 in all counties in Denmark (6,817 samples from 4,804 children were screened for HPeV). We detected HPeV RNA in 202 (3.0%) specimens from 149 persons. Young infants were at highest risk for HPeV, and 9 (6%) of the HPeV-infected children died, probably of their HPeV illness. HPeV3 was the most common genotype identified, and 5 closely related clades of HPeV3 circulated in Denmark throughout the study period. Our study adds perspective on the prevalence and clinical and molecular virologic characteristics of HPeV infection.
• Subjects:
  Children Denmark HPeV Infants Meningitis Parechovirus Phylogenetic Research Viruses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 20(1):83-87.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:07376ae782a0f3472333bc12b6330d0a0df911dc8d1bae61380fa835bf7b7d77
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/21663/cdc_21663_DS1.pdf
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