Open AccessVIRAL PATHOGENS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN CENTRAL VIETNAMESE CHILDREN
Author(s) -
LayMyint Yoshida,
Motoi Suzuki,
Takakazu Yamamoto,
Hien Anh Thi Nguyen,
Cat Dinh Lien Nguyen,
Ai T. Nguyen,
Kengo Oishi,
Vu Dinh Thiem,
Tho Huu Le,
Mai Quynh Le,
Hideki Yanai,
Paul E. Kilgore,
Duc Anh Dang,
Koya Ariyoshi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e3181af61e9
Subject(s) - rhinovirus , virology , respiratory system , virus , human bocavirus , medicine , respiratory infection , vietnamese , respiratory tract infections , immunology , biology , linguistics , philosophy
Hospitalized Vietnamese children with acute respiratory infection were investigated for 13 viral pathogens using multiplex-polymerase chain reaction. We enrolled 958 children of whom 659 (69%) had documented viral infection: rhinovirus (28%), respiratory syncytial virus (23%), influenza virus (15%), adenovirus (5%), human metapneumo virus (4.5%), parainfluenza virus (5%), and bocavirus (2%). These Vietnamese children had a range of respiratory viruses which underscores the need for enhanced acute respiratory infection surveillance in tropical developing countries.