title: Human Rhinovirus Types and Association with Respiratory Symptoms During the First Year of Life.
abstract: Human rhinoviruses (HRV) cause respiratory infections and are associated with asthma development. We assessed HRV prevalence, types and association with respiratory symptoms in the first year of life in 20 unselected infants. HRV was detected in 32% of 825 weekly nasal swabs. Seventy-four different types of all three species were identified. HRV presence and related respiratory symptoms are highly heterogeneous.
authors.affiliation: From the *University Children's Hospital (UKBB), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; †Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Inselspital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; ‡Laboratory of Virology, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; and §Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Loretta
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mack
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tapparel
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Marco P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kieninger
authors.forename: Urs
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Regamey
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Latzin
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000821:virology; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D012229:Rhinovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral