Human respiratory syncytial virus subgroups A and B outbreak in a kindergarten in Zhejiang Province, China, 2023.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In May-June 2023, an unprecedented outbreak of human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) infections occurred in a kindergarten, Zhejiang Province, China. National, provincial, and local public health officials investigated the cause of the outbreak and instituted actions to control its spread.

Methods

We interviewed patients with the respiratory symptoms by questionnaire. Respiratory samples were screened for six respiratory pathogens by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The confirmed cases were further sequenced of G gene to confirm the HRSV genotype. A phylogenetic tree was reconstructed by maximum likelihood method.

Results

Of the 103 children in the kindergarten, 45 were classified as suspected cases, and 25 cases were confirmed

SUBMITTER: Liu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10904655 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature