Volume 22, Number 9—September 2016
Dispatch
Nosocomial Outbreak of Parechovirus 3 Infection among Newborns, Austria, 2014
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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](/eid/images/15-1497-F1.jpg)
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.