| Title | Respiratory viruses in acute respiratory tract infections in Western India. | | Author(s) | Yeolekar LR, Damle RG, Kamat AN, Khude MR, Simha V, Pandit AN | | Institution | Influenza Group, National Institute of Virology, 20-A, Dr. Ambedkar Road, Pune, 411 001, India. | | Source | Indian J Pediatr 2008 Apr; 75(4):341-5. | | Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To study the circulation pattern of respiratory viruses in out patients department (OPD) and hospitalized children with acute respiratory tract infection.
METHODS: Nasopharyngeal aspirates were collected from 385 children with acute respiratory tract infections attending the OPD (n=199, 51.7%) and admitted to pediatric ward (n=186, 43.2%). Specimens were screened for seven respiratory viruses by immunofluoresence test (IFT) using Respiratory panel 1 screening and identification kit.
RESULTS: Viral antigens were detected in 57 (28.6%) and 86 (46.2%) patients from OPD and admitted cases respectively, giving an overall positivity of 143 (37.1%) for respiratory viruses. Of the six respiratory viruses, the most common was respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in 100 (26%) patients, followed by influenza viruses in 21 (5.4%), parainfluenza in 8 (2.07%), adenovirus in 3 (0.8%). One patient had mixed infection of RSV and adenovirus. RSV was most frequently detected in the hospitalized children (39.8%).
CONCLUSION: RSV appeared to be the most common respiratory viral infection in the age group 0-1 year causing hospitalization. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 18536887 |
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