Rhinovirus infection and co-infection in children with severe acute respiratory infection during the COVID-19 pandemic period.

ABSTRACT: Rhinovirus causes respiratory tract infections in children and is found in co-infections. The objective of this research was to study the clinical profile of rhinovirus infection and co-infection in children with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) during the COVID-19 pandemic period. We included 606 children ranging in age from 0.1 to 144 months of age from March 2020 to December 2021, hospitalized in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). The samples were collected by secretion from the nasopharynx region. A total of 259 children were tested positive for viral infection, 153 (59.07%) of them had a single rhinovirus infection and, 56 (36.6%) were aged between 60.1 and 144 months. Nine types of co-infections were identified and were found coinfection with three or more viruses (22

SUBMITTER: Regina Malveste Ito C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10885176 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature