Family outbreak of an infection with a recombinant Coxsackie A virus in eastern Switzerland

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Title		Family outbreak of an infection with a recombinant Coxsackie A virus in eastern Switzerland
Authors		Butsch, R Tapparel, Caroline Keller, P Herzog, Klaus Wilhelm Ewald Krause, Mathias Wunderli, Werner Kaiser, Laurent Bossart, W
Published in		Infection. 2013, vol. 41, no. 1, p. 231-5
Abstract		We report on an unusual familial outbreak of a coxsackie virus infection in Switzerland in which five family members were affected. Most of the patients presented with signs of meningitis, and four were hospitalized.
Keywords		Adult — Child, Preschool — Coxsackievirus Infections/diagnosis/epidemiology — Disease Outbreaks — Enterovirus/classification/genetics/isolation & purification — Female — Humans — Infant — Male — Molecular Sequence Data — Molecular Typing — Phylogeny — Switzerland/epidemiology
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1007/s15010-012-0340-8 PMID: 23055150
Full text		Article (Published version) (175 Kb) - Free access
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine
Research groups		Groupe Laurent Kaiser (virologie clinique) (668) Identification des facteurs clés impliqués dans la pathogénèse des rhinovirus et entérovirus (953)
Citation (ISO format)		BUTSCH, R et al. Family outbreak of an infection with a recombinant Coxsackie A virus in eastern Switzerland. In: Infection, 2013, vol. 41, n° 1, p. 231-5. doi: 10.1007/s15010-012-0340-8 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:40220