Abstract
WUPyV in Children with Acute Respiratory Tract Infections, China
Highlights
Case-patients were 174 inpatients, hospitalized for lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) March–April 2008 and September 2008–February 2009, and 68 outpatients treated for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) November–December 2009 at Tianjin Children’s Hospital
We found WU polyomavirus (WUPyV)-positive samples in most months, except for March 2008
Highest proportion of WUPyV-positive samples occurred in December 2008 (27%), followed by April 2008 (25%), November 2008 (22%), and February 2009 (19%)
Summary
Case-patients were 174 inpatients, hospitalized for LRTIs March–April 2008 and September 2008–February 2009, and 68 outpatients treated for URTIs November–December 2009 at Tianjin Children’s Hospital. Highest proportion of WUPyV-positive samples occurred in December 2008 (27%), followed by April 2008 (25%), November 2008 (22%), and February 2009 (19%). Twenty (71%) case-patients were co-infected with other respiratory viruses, most commonly RSV B (9/28, 32%), followed by HBoV (6/28, 21%), rhinovirus V and PIV3 (4 each of 28, 14%), human metapneumovirus (3/28, 11%), adenovirus and influenza A (2 each of 28, 7%), and 229E (1/28, 4%).
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