Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus infection among children aged <5 years, Jingzhou City, China, 2011.

Huo, Xixiang; Fang, Bin; Liu, Linlin; Yu, Hongjie; Chen, Hui; Zheng, Jiandong; Zhang, Yuzhi; Xu, Zhen et al. · J Infect Dis · 2013

cross_sectional · Level IV

Where this comes from

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) surveillance began in Jingzhou City, China, in 2010. A subset of 511 children aged <5 years enrolled in the SARI study during 2011 were tested for influenza and noninfluenza respiratory viral infection by real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was most commonly detected. Children aged 12-23 and 24-60 months were equally likely to test positive for RSV. Although cases of RSV infection could be detected throughout the year, the greatest numbers were detected from autumn to early winter.

Medical subject headings