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The epidemiology and etiology of influenza‐like illness in Chinese children from 2008 to 2010
Author(s) -
Peng Jinsong,
Kong Wenhua,
Guo Deyin,
Liu Manqing,
Wang Ying,
Zhu Honghao,
Pang Beibei,
Miao Xiaoping,
Yu Bin,
Luo Tongyong,
Hu Quan,
Zhou Dunjin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.22247
Subject(s) - virology , virus , epidemiology , etiology , pandemic , influenza like illness , throat , human mortality from h5n1 , medicine , pathogen , influenza a virus , biology , covid-19 , immunology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , anatomy
Influenza‐like illness can be caused by a wide range of respiratory viruses. In order to investigate the epidemiology of viral pathogens related to influenza‐like illness in children of Wuhan, the largest city in central China, throat swab samples were collected from 1,472 young patients, from July 2008 to June 2010, before and after the occurrence of the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus (pH1N1). It was found that 923 patients (62.7%) were positive for at least 1 virus and 90 patients (9.8%) were detected for multiple (≥2) respiratory viruses by real‐time PCR detection of 16 viruses. Seasonal influenza A virus was the predominant pathogen among all the 16 viruses with a positive rate of 13.3% (196/1,472), which was followed by pH1N1 (159/1,472). It was also noted that the viral distribution pattern in Wuhan changed upon the introduction of the pH1N1 virus. J. Med. Virol. 84:672–678, 2012. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.