RNA viruses in community-acquired childhood pneumonia in semi-urban Nepal; a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pneumonia is among the main causes of illness and death in children <5 years of age. There is a need to better describe the epidemiology of viral community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in developing countries.

Methods

From July 2004 to June 2007, we examined nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPA) from 2,230 cases of pneumonia (World Health Organization criteria) in children 2 to 35 months old recruited in a randomized trial of zinc supplementation at a field clinic in Bhaktapur, Nepal. The specimens were examined for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza virus type A (InfA) and B (InfB), parainfluenza virus types 1, 2 and 3 (PIV1, PIV2, and PIV3), and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) using a multiplex reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Mathisen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2727531 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature