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Am J Perinatol 2009; 26(5): 361-364
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1110087
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DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1110087
Outbreak of Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
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Publication Date:
11 December 2008 (online)


ABSTRACT
Parainfluenza virus (PIV) causes > 30% of all acute respiratory infections in infants and children and is second only to respiratory syncytial virus as a cause of lower respiratory tract infection. However in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), PIV outbreaks are highly uncommon. This case report describes an outbreak of 3 cases of PIV type 3 in a regional NICU.
KEYWORDS
Parainfluenza - type 3 - virus - viral - NICU - neonate - outbreak - ribavirin