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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 193, Issue 2, Pages 283-286Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1086/498875
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We investigated whether infection with a novel human coronavirus ( HCoV), called New Haven coronavirus (HCoVNH)-which is similar to and likely represents the same species as another novel HCoV, HCoV-NL63- is associated with Kawasaki disease (KD)in Taiwan. Fifty-three patients with KD were enrolled in our study. Serum, peripheral-blood mononuclear cells, nasopharyngeal aspirates, throat swabs, and rectal swabs from these patients were assayed for HCoV-NL63 by real-time reverse-transcriptase (RT) polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and the throat swabs, nasopharyngeal aspirates, and rectal swabs were also assayed for HCoV-NH by RT-PCR. All PCR results were negative for both HCoV-NL63 and HCoV-NH; therefore, we did not find any association between HCoV-NH infection and KD in Taiwan.
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