Co-infections with Multiple Viruses: A Frequent cause of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Sarawak Malaysia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Equatorial Sarawak, Malaysia, has been the site of important novel respiratory virus detections. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we sought to determine viral causes of pneumonia that were not SARS-CoV-2.

Methods

Using an informed consent process, we enrolled patients from four hospitals in Sarawak for this cross-sectional study. Patients permitted a nasopharyngeal (NP) swab collection and completed a risk factor questionnaire. We studied NP swabs with molecular diagnostics for previously recognized respiratory viruses such as influenza A and D viruses, and pan-species assays for adenoviruses, coronaviruses, enteroviruses, pneumoviruses, and paramyxoviruses.

Results

Among 441 patients, 78.2% had at least one virus detected, and 24.9% had multiple viruses detec

SUBMITTER: Toh TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12538036 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature