title: Human parechovirus in respiratory specimens from children in Kansas City, Missouri.
abstract: We detected a 3% prevalence rate for human parechovirus (HPeV) in 720 respiratory specimens collected from 637 children seen in our hospital in 2009. Fifteen of 20 were HPeV-3 and two were HPeV-1. Only nonspecific, modest respiratory symptoms were evident in patients with detectable HPeV in respiratory specimens. Seven patients had concurrent respiratory and central nervous system (CNS) HPeV-3 infection, suggesting a possible respiratory route of acquisition.
authors.affiliation: Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: Jeremiah
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: W Allan
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Nix
authors.forename: M Steven
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Oberste
authors.forename: Rangaraj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Selvarangan
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008923:Missouri / Q000453:epidemiology; D030061:Parechovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D015995:Prevalence; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D012189:Retrospective Studies