Abstract
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a self-limited, systemic vasculitis of children for which an infectious trigger is suspected. Recently, an association between KD and human coronavirus ( HCoV) - New Haven (NH) was reported, on the basis of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with primers that also amplified HCoV-NL63. We investigated the possible association between these HCoVs in the respiratory tract and KD by reverse-transcriptase (RT) PCR and viral culture in a geographically and ethnically diverse population. Only 1 (2%) of 48 patients with acute KD was positive by RT-PCR for HCoV-NL63/NH in a nasopharyngeal swab. These data do not support an association between these HCoVs and KD
Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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Pages (from-to) | 1767-1771 |
Journal | The Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 192 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Keywords
- AMC wi-buiten