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Am J Perinatol 1988; 5(3): 236-238
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999693
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© 1988 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Fatal Echovirus Type 7 in a Premature Infant

Nadya J. Kazzi, Eugene E. Cepeda, Harish Budev
  • Hutzel Hospital and Children's Hospital of Michigan, and Wayne State University School of Medicine, and St. John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
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04 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Echovirus 7 infections have not been previously recognized as fatal in neonates. A premature male member of a twin gestation developed an echovirus 7 infection at 5 days of age and succumbed to it. The clinical manifestations were similar to an echovirus 11 infection described in neonates. The second twin was free of illness as well as of virus shedding.