Prolonged Shedding of Human Parechovirus in Feces of Young Children after Symptomatic Infection

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 580-583

  Wildenbeest, Joanne G ^a,b   Benschop, Kimberley S M ^b,d   Bouma De Jongh, Saskia ^c   Wolthers, Katja C ^b   Pajkrt, Dasja ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Amstelland Hospital   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ct value; feces; HPeV; infants; shedding

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CYCLE THRESHOLD; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN PARECHOVIRUS; INFANT; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PICORNAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX RATIO; VIRAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PARECHOVIRUS; TIME FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARECHOVIRUS; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84957837620     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001082     Document Type: Article

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