Frequency of human rhinovirus species in outpatient children with acute respiratory infections at primary care level in Brazil

Luciana Peniche Moreira; Janete Kamikawa; Aripuanã Sakurada Aranha Watanabe; Emerson Carraro; Elcio Leal; Eurico Arruda; Celso Francisco Hernandes Granato; Nancy Cristina Junqueira Bellei

doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e31820d0de3

Frequency of human rhinovirus species in outpatient children with acute respiratory infections at primary care level in Brazil

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Jul;30(7):612-4. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31820d0de3.

Authors

Luciana Peniche Moreira¹, Janete Kamikawa, Aripuanã Sakurada Aranha Watanabe, Emerson Carraro, Elcio Leal, Eurico Arruda, Celso Francisco Hernandes Granato, Nancy Cristina Junqueira Bellei

Affiliation

¹ Virology Laboratory, Infections Diseases Branch, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 21248656
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31820d0de3

Abstract

This study assessed the occurrence of human rhinovirus (HRV) species in outpatient children attending day-care in Sao Paulo, Brazil. HRV reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and amplicon sequencing were done in 120 samples collected in 2008. HRV was detected in 27.5% of samples. HRV C was detected in 60.7% of wheezers, a frequency not different from that observed in nonwheezers (69.6%).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Brazil / epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infant
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods
Outpatients
Picornaviridae Infections / epidemiology*
Picornaviridae Infections / virology*
Prevalence
Primary Health Care
RNA, Viral / genetics
Respiratory Tract Infections / epidemiology*
Respiratory Tract Infections / virology*
Rhinovirus / isolation & purification*

Substances

RNA, Viral