Human cardioviruses, meningitis, and sudden infant death syndrome in children.

ABSTRACT: Cardioviruses cause myocarditis and encephalomyelitis in rodents; human cardioviruses have not been ascribed to any disease. We screened 6,854 cerebrospinal fluid and 10 myocardium specimens from children and adults. A genotype 2 cardiovirus was detected from a child who died of sudden infant death syndrome, and 2 untypeable cardioviruses were detected from 2 children with meningitis.

SUBMITTER: Drexler JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3311172 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature