Coxsackievirus B3 sequences in the blood of a neonate with congenital myocarditis, plus serological evidence of maternal infection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 606-609

  Bendig, Justin W A ^a   Franklin, Orla M ^b   Hebden, Anna K ^a   Backhouse, Patricia J ^a   Clewley, Jonathan P ^c   Goldman, Alan P ^b   Piggott, Nick ^b  

^a West Park Hospital Epsom   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterovirus diagnosis; In utero heart infection; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PLECONARIL; PROTEIN VP1; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; COXSACKIE VIRUS B3; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MYOCARDITIS; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SYMPTOM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT, NEWBORN; MYOCARDITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

COXSACKIEVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS;

EID: 0038721277     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10437     Document Type: Article

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