Acute viral respiratory infections among children in MERS‐endemic Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2012–2013

The emergence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in Saudi Arabia has intensified focus on Acute Respiratory Infections [ARIs]. This study sought to identify respiratory viruses (RVs) associated with ARIs in children presenting at a tertiary hospital. Children (aged ≤13) presenting with ARI between January 2012 and December 2013 tested for 15 RVs using the SeeplexR RV15 kit were retrospectively included. Epidemiological data was retrieved from patient records. Of the 2235 children tested, 61.5% were ≤1 year with a male: female ratio of 3:2. Viruses were detected in 1364 (61.02%) children, 233 (10.4%) having dual infections: these viruses include respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (24%), human rhinovirus (hRV) (19.7%), adenovirus (5.7%), influenza virus (5.3%), and parainfluenzavirus-3 (4.6%). Children, aged 9-11 months, were most infected (60.9%). Lower respiratory tract infections (55.4%) were significantly more than upper respiratory tract infection (45.3%) (P<0.001). Seasonal variation of RV was directly and inversely proportional to relative humidity and temperature, respectively, for non MERS coronaviruses (NL63, 229E, and OC43). The study confirms community-acquired RV associated with ARI in children and suggests modulating roles for abiotic factors in RV epidemiology. However, community-based studies are needed to elucidate how these factors locally influence RV epidemiology. J. Med. Virol. 89:195-201, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:89

Enthalten in:

Journal of medical virology - 89(2017), 2, Seite 195-201

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fagbo, Shamsudeen F [VerfasserIn]
Garbati, Musa A [Sonstige Person]
Hasan, Rami [Sonstige Person]
AlShahrani, Dayel [Sonstige Person]
Al‐Shehri, Mohamed [Sonstige Person]
AlFawaz, Tariq [Sonstige Person]
Hakawi, Ahmed [Sonstige Person]
Wani, Tariq Ahmad [Sonstige Person]
Skakni, Leila [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Acute respiratory illness
Epidemiology
Infections
MERS‐CoV
Multiplex molecular testing platform
Pediatrics
Respiratory diseases
Respiratory viruses
Season
Viruses

RVK:

RVK Klassifikation

doi:

10.1002/jmv.24632

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC199026171X