Clinical, virological and epidemiological characteristics of rhinovirus infections in early childhood: A comparison between non-hospitalised and hospitalised children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several studies have been published regarding the epidemiology and clinical significance of the different rhinovirus (RV) species (-A, -B and -C). However, data on RV types and the associations with clinical outcome in young children are limited. Here, we investigated the clinical, virological and epidemiological characteristics of RV infections in young children with mild or asymptomatic infection (non-hospitalised children) and in symptomatic young children admitted to the hospital.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to evaluate associations between different characteristics of RV infections and clinical outcome in young children.

Study design

RV-infected children were retrospectively selected from a Dutch birth cohort (EUROPA-study) and from hospitalis

SUBMITTER: Bruning AHL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7185867 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature