Abstract
Diagnostic difficulties may have led to underestimation of rhinovirus infections in long-term care facilities. Using surveillance data, we found that rhinovirus caused 59% (174/297) of respiratory outbreaks in these facilities during 6 months in 2009. Disease was sometimes severe. Molecular diagnostic testing can differentiate these outbreaks from other infections such as influenza.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Capsid Proteins / genetics
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Genes, Viral
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Humans
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Long-Term Care
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Ontario / epidemiology
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Phylogeny
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Picornaviridae Infections / epidemiology*
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Picornaviridae Infections / mortality
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Picornaviridae Infections / virology
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Residential Facilities
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Rhinovirus* / classification
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Rhinovirus* / genetics
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Rhinovirus* / isolation & purification
Substances
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Capsid Proteins
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VP2 protein, Rhinovirus