Role of rhinovirus C in apparently life-threatening events in infants, Spain

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Sep;15(9):1506-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1509.090453.

Abstract

To assess whether infants hospitalized after an apparently life-threatening event had an associated respiratory virus infection, we analyzed nasopharyngeal aspirates from 16 patients. Nine of 11 infants with positive virus results were infected by rhinoviruses. We detected the new genogroup of rhinovirus C in 6 aspirates.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nasopharynx / virology
  • Phylogeny
  • Picornaviridae Infections* / epidemiology
  • Picornaviridae Infections* / physiopathology
  • Picornaviridae Infections* / virology
  • Respiratory Tract Infections* / epidemiology
  • Respiratory Tract Infections* / physiopathology
  • Respiratory Tract Infections* / virology
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Rhinovirus* / classification
  • Rhinovirus* / genetics
  • Rhinovirus* / isolation & purification
  • Rhinovirus* / pathogenicity
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Severity of Illness Index*
  • Spain / epidemiology

Associated data

  • GENBANK/EU697826
  • GENBANK/EU697832
  • GENBANK/FJ841954
  • GENBANK/FJ841955
  • GENBANK/FJ841956
  • GENBANK/FJ841957
  • GENBANK/FJ841959
  • GENBANK/FJ841960
  • GENBANK/FJ841961