Abstract
To the Editor: Human rhinovirus (HRV) is a common etiologic agent of upper respiratory tract infections and is associated with symptoms such as asthma and wheezing. HRV has >100 serotypes, and recently, several groups reported a new HRV group C (HRV-C) in children that is associated with more severe respiratory infections (1–5). We examined the incidence of respiratory viruses in children hospitalized in Kandang Kerbau Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore (6,7). These studies also identified human metapneumovirus and human bocavirus (HBoV) among children in Singapore. We recently performed a retrospective study by using PCR-based testing (8) to identify HRV, in particular HRV-C, in these patients. From October 2005 through March 2007, a total of 500 nasopharyngeal swab specimens from pediatric patients (age range 1 month through 12 years) were collected and tested for HRVs.
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