title: Outbreak of parainfluenza virus type 3 in a neonatal intensive care unit.
abstract: Parainfluenza virus (PIV) causes > 30% of all acute respiratory infections in infants and children and is second only to respiratory syncytial virus as a cause of lower respiratory tract infection. However in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), PIV outbreaks are highly uncommon. This case report describes an outbreak of 3 cases of PIV type 3 in a regional NICU.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York 11501, USA. asimmonds@winthrop.org
authors.forename: Aryeh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simmonds
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Munoz
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montecalvo
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Clones
authors.forename: Edmund F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Lagamma
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D010224:Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human; D010253:Respirovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome