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

Butsch, R; Tapparel, Caroline; Keller, P; Herzog, Klaus Wilhelm Ewald; Krause, Mathias; Wunderli, Werner; Kaiser, Laurent; Bossart, W

doi:10.1007/s15010-012-0340-8

Scientific article

Case report

English

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

ContributorsButsch, R; Tapparel, Caroline

; Keller, P; Herzog, Klaus Wilhelm Ewald; Krause, Mathias; Wunderli, Werner; Kaiser, Laurent; Bossart, W

Published inInfection, vol. 41, no. 1, p. 231-235

Publication date2013

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

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

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. 231–235. doi: 10.1007/s15010-012-0340-8

Article (Published version)

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PID : unige:40220
DOI : 10.1007/s15010-012-0340-8
PMID : 23055150

Journal ISSN0300-8126

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

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.

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