Discovery of a Novel Human Picornavirus in a Stool Sample from a Pediatric Patient Presenting with Fever of Unknown Origin

Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a serious problem in the United States. An unidentified agent was cultured from the stool of an infant who presented with FUO. This virus showed growth in HFDK cells and suckling mice. Using DNase sequence-independent single-primer amplification, we identified severa... View More