Viral pathogens associated with acute respiratory infections in central vietnamese children.
Hospitalized Vietnamese children with acute respiratory infection were investigated for 13 viral pathogens using multiplex-polymerase chain reaction. We enrolled 958 children of whom 659 (69%) had documented viral infection: rhinovirus (28%), respiratory syncytial virus (23%), influenza virus (15%), adenovirus (5%), human metapneumo virus (4.5%), parainfluenza virus (5%), and bocavirus (2%). These Vietnamese children had a range of respiratory viruses which underscores the need for enhanced acute respiratory infection surveillance in tropical developing countries.
Yoshida
Lay Myint
LM
Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
Suzuki
Motoi
M
Yamamoto
Takeshi
T
Nguyen
Hien Anh
HA
Nguyen
Cat D
CD
Nguyen
Ai T
AT
Oishi
Kengo
K
Vu
Thiem D
TD
Le
Tho H
TH
Le
Mai Q
MQ
Yanai
Hideki
H
Kilgore
Paul E
PE
Dang
Duc Anh
DA
Ariyoshi
Koya
K
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D012621:Seasons; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D014780:Viruses / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*