Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus infection among children aged <5 years, Jingzhou City, China, 2011

Xixiang Huo, Bin Fang, Linlin Liu, Hongjie Yu, Hui Chen, Jiandong Zheng, Yuzhi Zhang, Zhen Xu, John Klena, Jay Varma, Zhibin Peng, Xuesen Xing, Guan Xuhua, Faxian Zhan (2013) Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus infection among children aged <5 years, Jingzhou City, China, 2011 J Infect Dis (IF: 4.5) 208 Suppl 3 S184-8

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) surveillance began in Jingzhou City, China, in 2010. A subset of 511 children aged <5 years enrolled in the SARI study during 2011 were tested for influenza and noninfluenza respiratory viral infection by real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was most commonly detected. Children aged 12-23 and 24-60 months were equally likely to test positive for RSV. Although cases of RSV infection could be detected throughout the year, the greatest numbers were detected from autumn to early winter.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24265477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jit518

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