Fatal Coxsackievirus A-16 Pneumonitis in Adult

Fatal Coxsackievirus A-16 Pneumonitis in Adult

Coxsackievirus A-16 (CVA-16) is the agent of hand, foot, and mouth disease in children. We report a case of fatal pneumonitis in an adult due to a CVA-16 strain with a low (78.6%) rate of sequence homology with the reference strain. A modified, more virulent, strain of CVA-16 could be emerging.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: François Legay, Nicolas Lévêque, Arnaud Gacouin, Pierre Tattevin, Julien Bouet, Rémi Thomas, Jean-Jacques Chomel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
pneumonitis
enterovirus
coxsackievirus A-16
dispatch
hand
foot
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/7/07-0295_article

Internet

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/7/07-0295_article

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