Abstract
We report a fatal case of acute lower respiratory tract disease with human rhinovirus C (HRV-C) as the unique cause in a 19-month-old girl with a history of repeated episodes of bronchiolitis. HRV-C type 8 nucleic acids were observed in respiratory, stool, and cerebrospinal fluid samples, and infectious virions were isolated from patient serum after inoculation onto reconstituted airway epithelia.
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Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Blood / virology*
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Bronchiolitis / complications
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Bronchiolitis / etiology*
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Cerebrospinal Fluid / virology
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Fatal Outcome
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Feces / virology
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Picornaviridae Infections / diagnosis*
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Picornaviridae Infections / pathology
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Picornaviridae Infections / virology*
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Respiratory System / virology
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Rhinovirus / classification
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Rhinovirus / genetics
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Rhinovirus / isolation & purification*
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Viremia / diagnosis*
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Viremia / pathology
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Viremia / virology*
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Virus Cultivation