Human Rhinovirus Types and Association with Respiratory Symptoms During the First Year of Life

Loretta Müller; Ines Mack; Caroline Tapparel; Laurent Kaiser; Marco P Alves; Elisabeth Kieninger; Urs Frey; Nicolas Regamey; Philipp Latzin

doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000000758

Human Rhinovirus Types and Association with Respiratory Symptoms During the First Year of Life

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Aug;34(8):907-9. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000758.

Authors

Loretta Müller¹, Ines Mack, Caroline Tapparel, Laurent Kaiser, Marco P Alves, Elisabeth Kieninger, Urs Frey, Nicolas Regamey, Philipp Latzin

Affiliation

¹ 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.

PMID: 26020408
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000758

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Nasal Cavity / virology
Picornaviridae Infections / epidemiology
Picornaviridae Infections / virology*
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Viral / analysis
RNA, Viral / genetics
Respiratory Tract Infections / epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Infections / virology*
Rhinovirus / classification
Rhinovirus / genetics*

Substances

RNA, Viral