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Volume 22, Number 9—September 2016
Dispatch

Nosocomial Outbreak of Parechovirus 3 Infection among Newborns, Austria, 2014

Volker StrengerComments to Author , Sabine Diedrich, Sindy Boettcher, Susanne Richter, Peter Maritschnegg, Dietmar Gangl, Simone Fuchs, Gernot Grangl, Bernhard Resch, and Berndt Urlesberger
Author affiliations: Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria (V. Strenger, P. Maritschnegg, S. Fuchs, G. Grangl, B. Resch, B. Urlesberger); Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany (S. Diedrich, S. Boettcher); Institute for Veterinary Disease Control, Mödling, Austria (S. Richter); Regional Hospital Feldbach, Feldbach, Austria (D. Gangl)

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Chronological details for 9 newborns with human parechovirus 3 infection, Austria, 2014. Either human parechovirus 3 (HPeV3; detected by real-time reverse transcription PCR, n = 5) or particles resembling picornavirus (detected by electron microscopy [EM], n = 2) were detected in >1 of the analyzed materials for 6 (indicated in boldface) of 8 patients. For 1 patient, neither EM nor PCR had been performed. Dark gray bar, postdelivery stay in maternity ward; light gray bar, stay at home; black

Figure. Chronological details for 9 newborns with human parechovirus 3 infection, Austria, 2014. Either human parechovirus 3 (HPeV3; detected by real-time reverse transcription PCR, n = 5) or particles resembling picornavirus (detected by electron microscopy [EM], n = 2) were detected in >1 of the analyzed materials for 6 (indicated in boldface) of 8 patients. For 1 patient, neither EM nor PCR had been performed. Dark gray bar, postdelivery stay in maternity ward; light gray bar, stay at home; black bar, stay at pediatric department. *Onset of fever. NA, not applicable; neg, negative; pos, positive; S, serum; U, urine.

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