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Editor, Senior Moderator
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 May 29. pii: S1198-743X(15)00559-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.05.027. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Burden, seasonal pattern, and symptomatology of acute respiratory illnesses of different viral etiology in children presenting at outpatient clinics in Hong Kong.[/h] Wei L[SUP]1[/SUP], Chan KH[SUP]2[/SUP], Ip DK[SUP]3[/SUP], Fang VJ[SUP]1[/SUP], Fung RO[SUP]1[/SUP], Leung GM[SUP]1[/SUP], Peiris MJ[SUP]4[/SUP], Cowling BJ[SUP]1[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Respiratory viruses cause acute respiratory diseases with a broad and overlapping spectrum of symptoms. We examined the clinical symptoms and explored the patterns of various respiratory viral infections in children in Hong Kong. Among 2090 specimens collected from outpatient care (2007∼ 2010), 1343 (64.3%) were positive for any virus by the xTAG assay, and 81 (3.9%) were positive for co-infection. The most frequently detected viruses among children 6-15y were Entero/rhinovirus and influenza virus A, while most non-influenza viruses were more frequently detected in younger children. While higher body temperature was more common for illnesses associated with influenza viruses than other non-influenza viruses, other symptoms were largely similar across all infections. Seasonality pattern varies by different virus with influenza virus A as the predominant virus detected in winter, while, Entero/rhinovirus was more commonly detected than influenza virus A in the other three seasons except for year 2009.
Copyright ? 2015. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Acute respiratory illness; burden; outpatient; seasonality; symptom
PMID: 26033670 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
[h=1]Burden, seasonal pattern, and symptomatology of acute respiratory illnesses of different viral etiology in children presenting at outpatient clinics in Hong Kong.[/h] Wei L[SUP]1[/SUP], Chan KH[SUP]2[/SUP], Ip DK[SUP]3[/SUP], Fang VJ[SUP]1[/SUP], Fung RO[SUP]1[/SUP], Leung GM[SUP]1[/SUP], Peiris MJ[SUP]4[/SUP], Cowling BJ[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Respiratory viruses cause acute respiratory diseases with a broad and overlapping spectrum of symptoms. We examined the clinical symptoms and explored the patterns of various respiratory viral infections in children in Hong Kong. Among 2090 specimens collected from outpatient care (2007∼ 2010), 1343 (64.3%) were positive for any virus by the xTAG assay, and 81 (3.9%) were positive for co-infection. The most frequently detected viruses among children 6-15y were Entero/rhinovirus and influenza virus A, while most non-influenza viruses were more frequently detected in younger children. While higher body temperature was more common for illnesses associated with influenza viruses than other non-influenza viruses, other symptoms were largely similar across all infections. Seasonality pattern varies by different virus with influenza virus A as the predominant virus detected in winter, while, Entero/rhinovirus was more commonly detected than influenza virus A in the other three seasons except for year 2009.
Copyright ? 2015. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Acute respiratory illness; burden; outpatient; seasonality; symptom
PMID: 26033670 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]