Isolation and Characterization of Novel Human Parechovirus from Clinical Samples

Using Vero cells, we isolated a virus (NII561-2000) from a cerebrospinal fluid specimen of a 1-year-old girl with Reye syndrome. The determined amino acid sequence of the virus indicated that the isolate was a human parechovirus (HPeV), a member of Picornaviridae. Neutralization test showed that the...

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Main Authors: Kanako Watanabe, Masayasu Oie, Masaya Higuchi, Makoto Nishikawa, Masahiro Fujii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/6/06-0896_article