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Article History

Received: 27 April 2018

Accepted: 10 December 2018

First Online: 19 December 2018

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: Postmortem examinationsin all three cases were performed as a legal requirement and the tissues were harvested for histology and viral studies with the consent of the next-of-kin in each case. We confirm that all procedures carried out on patients’ tissues and blood samples including PCR were part of the routine postmortem examination. Written informed consent was obtained from the patients’ relatives for publication of these case reports and any accompanying images. A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal.

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