Frequency of human rhinovirus species in outpatient children with acute respiratory infections at primary care level in Brazil.
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%).
Virology Laboratory, Infections Diseases Branch, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Luciana Peniche
LP
Moreira
Janete
J
Kamikawa
Aripuanã Sakurada Aranha
AS
Watanabe
Emerson
E
Carraro
Elcio
E
Leal
Eurico
E
Arruda
Celso Francisco Hernandes
CF
Granato
Nancy Cristina Junqueira
NC
Bellei
D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods; D010045:Outpatients; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D012229:Rhinovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D012367:RNA, Viral