title: Rhinovirus outbreaks in long-term care facilities, Ontario, Canada.
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.
authors.affiliation: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. jean.longtin@chuq.qc.ca
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Longtin
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marchand-Austin
authors.forename: Anne Luise
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eshaghi
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jamieson
authors.forename: Donald E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: Jonathan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Gubbay
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000821:virology; D012112:Residential Facilities; D012229:Rhinovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins; C442544:VP2 protein, Rhinovirus