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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Silva, Paulo Alex N.
• Ito, Célia Regina Malveste
• Moreira, André Luís Elias
• Santos, Mônica Oliveira
• Barbosa, Lucas Candido Gonçalves
• Wastowski, Isabela Jubé
• Carneiro, Lilian Carla
• Avelino, Melissa Ameloti Gomes

Titel

Influenza and other respiratory viruses in children: prevalence and clinical features

Ist Teil von

• European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, 2022-12, Vol.41 (12), p.1445-1449

Ort / Verlag

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• With the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, the annual season of influenza and other respiratory virus epidemics has arrived. Specimens from patients suspected of respiratory viruses infection were collected. Viral detection was performed following RNA extraction and real-time RT-PCR. During the study period, we received and tested a total of 606 specimens. Rhinovirus virus was the viral type most prevalent, detected in 186 (45.47%) specimens. The age range of patients positive for influenza A, influenza A (H1N1), and influenza B was 18 days to 13 years. With female prevalence for this viral type, cough and asthma were the main clinical manifestations presented by this viral type. Our results indicate that rhinoviruses, adenoviruses, metapneumoviruses, and influenza are among the most important agents of ARI in pediatrics. The epidemic period of respiratory infections observed in Goiânia can be useful for planning and implementing some prevention strategies.