Human cosavirus is a novel picornavirus recently identified in feces from children in southern Asia. We report infection with human cosavirus in a patient in the Mediterranean area. The patient was an adult double lung transplant recipient who had chronic diarrhea associated with persistent infection with human cosavirus.

Persistent human cosavirus infection in lung transplant recipient, Italy

Ciccocioppo, Rachele;
2013-01-01

Abstract

Human cosavirus is a novel picornavirus recently identified in feces from children in southern Asia. We report infection with human cosavirus in a patient in the Mediterranean area. The patient was an adult double lung transplant recipient who had chronic diarrhea associated with persistent infection with human cosavirus.
2013
Italy; epidemiology; human cosavirus; lung transplant; persistent infection; transplant recipient; viruses; Adult; Diarrhea; Feces; Female; Humans; Italy; Molecular Typing; Picornaviridae; Picornaviridae Infections; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Transplantation; Viral Structural Proteins; Lung Transplantation
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