title: The First Infant Death Associated With Human Coronavirus NL63 Infection.
abstract: Human coronavirus NL63 (HCoV-NL63) primarily infects the upper respiratory tract. However, it may cause severe lower respiratory tract infection, and the clinical course may be severe in immunocompromised patients. To our knowledge, child death due to HCoV-NL63 has not been reported. We present a fatal lower respiratory tract disease associated with HCoV-NL63 in a 7-month-old malnourished infant.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Pediatrics, Adiyaman University, School of Medicine, Adiyaman, Turkey; and †Public Health Institutions of Turkey, National Virology Reference Laboratory/National Influenza Center, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Capan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Konca
authors.forename: Gulay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Korukluoglu
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tekin
authors.forename: Habip
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Almis
authors.forename: İbrahim Hakan
authors.initials: İH
authors.lastname: Bucak
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uygun
authors.forename: Ayse Basak
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Altas
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bayrakdar
mesh_terms: D018352:Coronavirus Infections; D058957:Coronavirus NL63, Human; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections