Human parvovirus 4 as potential cause of encephalitis in children, India.

ABSTRACT: To investigate whether uncharacterized infectious agents were associated with neurologic disease, we analyzed cerebrospinal fluid specimens from 12 children with acute central nervous system infection. A high-throughput pyrosequencing screen detected human parvovirus 4 DNA in cerebrospinal fluid of 2 children with encephalitis of unknown etiology.

SUBMITTER: Benjamin LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3381555 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature