title: Human cardioviruses, meningitis, and sudden infant death syndrome in children.
abstract: Cardioviruses cause myocarditis and encephalomyelitis in rodents; human cardioviruses have not been ascribed to any disease. We screened 6,854 cerebrospinal fluid and 10 myocardium specimens from children and adults. A genotype 2 cardiovirus was detected from a child who died of sudden infant death syndrome, and 2 untypeable cardioviruses were detected from 2 children with meningitis.
authors.affiliation: University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Jan Felix
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Drexler
authors.forename: Sigrid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baumgarte
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eschbach-Bludau
authors.forename: Arne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kemen
authors.forename: Udo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bode
authors.forename: Anna-Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Eis-Hübinger
authors.forename: Burkhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Madea
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Drosten
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017943:Cardiovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018188:Cardiovirus Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000821:virology; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000821:virology*; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000235:genetics; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral