HUMAN PARECHOVIRUS QUALITATIVE PCR

HUMAN PARECHOVIRUSES (HPEV) BELONG TO THE PICORNAVIRIDAE, A HIGHLY DIVERSE FAMILY OF SMALL, NON-ENVELOPED RNA VIRUSES, MANY OF WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN DISEASE. SINCE THEIR FIRST IDENTIFICATION IN 1956, PARECHOVIRUSES HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH MILD RESPIRATORY AND GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE IN YOUNG CHILDREN. THEY HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASE, INCLUDING UPPER AND LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE. IT HAS ALSO BEEN CLAIMED THAT THEY COMMONLY CAUSE MILD GASTROENTERITIS AND LESS FREQUENTLY, MENINGITIS AND NEONATAL SEPSIS.