Clinical and molecular characterization of a parechovirus type 1 outbreak in neonates in Croatia

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-141

  Ljubin Sternak, Sunčanica ^a   Juretić, Emilja ^b   Šantak, Maja ^c   Pleša, Mirna ^b   Forčić, Dubravko ^c   Vilibić Ćavlek, Tatjana ^a   Aleraj, Borislav ^a   Mlinarić Galinović, Gordana ^a  

^a CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Human parechovirus type 1; Neonates; Outbreak; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARECHOVIRUS; PARECHOVIRUS TYPE 1; PREMATURITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROATIA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARECHOVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

HUMAN PARECHOVIRUS; PARECHOVIRUS;

EID: 78649587785     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21848     Document Type: Article

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