HPeV-3 infection in infants can cause a severe sepsis-like syndrome with high ICU admission rates, though acute recovery is generally favorable.
We report the largest series of HPeV-3 infection in infants, and the first outbreak in Australia. Infants presented with a severe sepsis-like syndrome with a high rate of ICU admissions, but all recovered from the acute infection without complications. Long-term sequelae are unknown.
Khatami et al. (Thu,) studied this question.