Human rhinoviruses in Chinese adults with acute respiratory tract infection.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the roles of human rhinoviruses (HRVs) in acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) in Chinese adults and determine the association between species of HRV and clinical presentations.

Methods

RT-PCR methods were used to detect HRVs in throat and nasal swabs collected from 6104 adult patients with ARTIs from December 2005 to April 2008 in Beijing, China.

Results

HRV strains were detected in 271 ARTIs cases, 65% of which tested positive for HRV-A, 25% for HRV-B, and 10% for HRV-C. Aside from fever, pharyngeal congestion and headache were the most common clinical symptoms observed in the HRVs infected patients. HRV-A infected patients had a higher percentage of upper respiratory symptoms than patients infected by the two other HRV species. Systemic

SUBMITTER: Xiang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7112692 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature