Viral respiratory infections in young children attending day care in urban Northeast Brazil

A cohort of children attending a day care center in Salvador (Bahia, Brazil) was studied prospectively to determine the incidence of viral respiratory infectious episodes and to identify the viruses associated with them. Two hundred seventy‐one nasopharyngeal samples were collected over a 1‐year per...

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Published in:	Pediatric pulmonology Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 184 - 191
Main Authors:	Souza, Leda Solano de Freitas, Ramos, Eduardo Antônio Gonçalves, Carvalho, Fernando Martins, Guedes, Virgínia Maria Castro Ribeiro, Souza, Lídia Silva, Rocha, Cristiane Machado, Soares, Andréa Barreto, Velloso, Luciana de Freitas, Macedo, Izolete Santos, Moura, Fernanda Edna Araujo, Siqueira, Marilda, Fortes, Silvana, Jesus, Cibele Cruz de, Santiago, Christiane Maria Gaspar, Carvalho, Ana Maria da Silva, Arruda, Eurico
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01-03-2003 Wiley-Liss
Subjects:	Acute Disease acute respiratory infections Biological and medical sciences Body Fluids - virology Brazil - epidemiology Cohort Studies day care center Day Care, Medical epidemiology Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect Human viral diseases Humans Incidence infants Infectious diseases Medical sciences Picornaviridae Infections - epidemiology Prospective Studies Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - epidemiology Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology Respiratory Tract Infections - virology Rhinovirus Seasons Urban Population Viral diseases Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases viral respiratory infections Virus Diseases - epidemiology wheezing South America Brazil America Human Day care center infants Respiratory disease Picornaviridae Urban area wheezing Epidemiology viral respiratory infections Human rhinovirus Infection Virus Child acute respiratory infections Rhinovirus
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Summary:	A cohort of children attending a day care center in Salvador (Bahia, Brazil) was studied prospectively to determine the incidence of viral respiratory infectious episodes and to identify the viruses associated with them. Two hundred seventy‐one nasopharyngeal samples were collected over a 1‐year period for examination, using indirect immunofluorescence with monoclonal antibodies against adenovirus, influenza A and B, parainfluenzae 1–3, and respiratory syncytial virus, and reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction for picornavirus. Examination yielded positive results in 116 samples (42.8%). Rhinovirus was identified alone in 56 samples (48.3%) and was observed along with other viruses in 11 additional samples. Incidence density of viral respiratory infectious episodes was 7.66 episodes/1,000 child‐days. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2003; 35:184–191. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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ISSN:	8755-6863 1099-0496
DOI:	10.1002/ppul.10194