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SUBMITTER: Chamings A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6586808 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chamings Anthony A Druce Julian J Caly Leon L Yoga Yano Y Britton Philip N PN Macartney Kristine K KK Alexandersen Soren S
Scientific reports 20190620 1
Human parechovirus type 3 (HPeV3) can cause severe sepsis-like illness in young infants and may be associated with long term neurodevelopmental delay later in childhood. We investigated the molecular epidemiology of HPeV infection in thirty three infants requiring hospitalization before, during and after the peak of the 2017/18 HPeV epidemic wave in Australia. During the peak of the epidemic, all cases were infected with an HPeV3, while before and after the peak, HPeV1 was the predominant type d ...[more]