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A baby, a virus, and a rat

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200006000-00007

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death; childhood; pediatric; herpes pneumonia; rat; postmortem change; forensic pathology; artifact; child abuse

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The authors present a case initially thought to be a child abuse homicide that, after complete autopsy and thorough investigation, was determined to be caused by a viral infection and complicated by postmortem animal activity. Neonatal herpes simplex infection and postmortem skin defects are discussed.

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