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VIRAL INFECTIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT IN HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN A Study from Oslo during a 90 Months’Period
Author(s) -
CARLSEN K.H.,
ØRSTAVIK I.,
HALVORSEN K.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1983.tb09663.x
Subject(s) - rhinovirus , medicine , bronchiolitis , pneumonia , virus , respiratory system , respiratory tract infections , respiratory tract , virology , asthma , respiratory disease , serotype , pediatrics , immunology , lung
. A diagnosis of 979 respiratory viral infections was made in hospitalized children. Respiratory syncytial virus greatly outnumbered the other viruses: it caused 58% of the total virus infections and occurred in winter epidemics. Influenza A and B virus occurred during late winter and spring, rhinovirus had a seasonal distribution towards spring and autumn, whereas adenovirus types 1, 2 and 5 had no distinct seasonal distribution. Whereas respiratory syncytial virus were mainly associated with bronchiolitis and adenovirus type 7 with pneumonia, rhinovirus infections were most often found in children with episodes of acute bronchial asthma. The influenza A and B and adenovirus types 1, 2 and 5 infections often occurred with extrarespiratory symptoms, especially febrile convulsions.