title: [Human rhinovirus with different genotypes in children with acute respiratory tract infections in Beijing].
abstract: To understand the infections and molecular biological characteristics of different human rhinovirus (HRV) genotypes -A, B, C, especially C in children with acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) in Beijing. Seven hundreds and three respiratory tract specimens were collected from children with ARI during Jan. 2011 to Dec. 2011. Semi-nested PCR was developed for detecting HRVs. Gene fragment of VP4/VP2 capsid protein amplified from HRV positive specimens was sequenced and analyzed by software DNAStar, the phylogenetic tree was then constructed by MEGA 5. 05. Among these 703 specimens tested, 54 (7.7%, 54/703) were HRV positive, including 25 (46.3%, 25/54) positive for HRV-A, 8 (14. 8%, 8/54) for HRV-B, 21 (38. 9%, 21/54) for HRV-C determined by sequence analysis. Most of these children (94. 4%00, 51/54) infected with HRVs were younger than 5 years old, and the highest positive rate was shown in group younger than 1 year (11. 4%). These patients positive for HRVs were diagnosed as bronchiolitis (23.1%), asthma (20.0%), pneumonia (1.0%), bronchitis (4.4%) and upper respiratory tract infections (4. 1%). Sequence analysis of VP4/VP2 gene fragment revealed that 70. 0% to 100. 0% nucleotide identity was shown among the sequences within the same HRV genotype, and 55. 5% to 65. 8% nucleotide identity among the sequences from different HRV genotypes. In conclusion, HRVs, especially HRV-C, are important pathogens for children with ARI in Beijing. The prevalence of HRV-C is similar to that of HRV-A, higher than that of HRV-B. High sequence variation among different HRV genotypes was indicated in this study.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Virology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China. mdjsongminghui@sina.com
authors.forename: Ming-Hui
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Lin-Qing
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Ru-Nan
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Run
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tian
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D012229:Rhinovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012621:Seasons; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins