HPeV-3 predominated among Parechovirus A positive infants during an outbreak in 2013–2014 in Queensland, Australia

•HPeV-3 was the only Parechovirus A genotype found in CNS of ill Queensland infants.•HPeV testing requests peaked between spring 2013 to autumn 2014.•HPeV testing should be routine for CSF from infants with acute CNS-related symptoms.•VP3/VP1 HPeV sequence analysis is rapid and can robustly identify...

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