title: Persistent human cosavirus infection in lung transplant recipient, Italy.
abstract: Human cosavirus is a novel picornavirus recently identified in feces from children in southern Asia. We report infection with human cosavirus in a patient in the Mediterranean area. The patient was an adult double lung transplant recipient who had chronic diarrhea associated with persistent infection with human cosavirus.
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Campanini
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rovida
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meloni
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cascina
authors.forename: Rachele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ciccocioppo
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piralla
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baldanti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D058889:Molecular Typing; D010849:Picornaviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014180:Transplantation; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D015678:Viral Structural Proteins
keywords: Italy; epidemiology; human cosavirus; lung transplant; persistent infection; transplant recipient; viruses
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