Role of rhinovirus C in apparently life-threatening events in infants, Spain.
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.
Calvo
Cristina
C
Hospital Severo Ochoa, Leganes, Madrid, Spain. ccalvorey@ono.com
Garcia
M Luz
ML
Pozo
Francisco
F
Reyes
Noelia
N
Pérez-Breña
Pilar
P
Casas
Inmaculada
I
D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012229:Rhinovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology