title: A novel human enterovirus C (EV-C118) identified in two children hospitalised because of acute otitis media and community-acquired pneumonia in Israel.
abstract: We report the discovery of a novel enterovirus C (EV-C118) identified in two Israeli children hospitalised for acute otitis media and community-acquired pneumonia. The highest pair-wise sequence identity scores with the EV-C109 and EV-C117 reference strains were, respectively, 63.5% and 63.6% nucleotide identity, and 82.5% and 79.9% amino acid identity.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Clinic 1, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Daleno
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piralla
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scala
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baldanti
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Principi
authors.forename: Susanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Esposito
mesh_terms: D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D030015:Enterovirus C, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral