Rhinovirus C and Respiratory Exacerbations in Children with Cystic Fibrosis

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  de Almeida, Marina B. ; Zerbinati, Rodrigo M. ; Tateno, Adriana F. ; Oliveira, Cristina M. ; Romão, Renata M. ; Rodrigues, Joaquim C. ; Pannuti, Cláudio S. ; da Silva Filho, Luiz Vicente F.
• Description:
  To investigate a possible role for human rhinovirus C in respiratory exacerbations of children with cystic fibrosis, we conducted microbiologic testing on respiratory specimens from 103 such patients in São Paulo, Brazil, during 2006-2007. A significant association was found between the presence of human rhinovirus C and respiratory exacerbations.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Cystic Fibrosis Female Humans Infant Male Molecular Sequence Data Mucus Nasopharynx Phylogeny Picornaviridae Infections Respiratory Tract Infections RNA, Viral Sequence Analysis, RNA Species Specificity Sputum

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 16(6):996-999.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8ad67367ecaee9c188fb18ee7f0b17600b28bbf7b6c1a5d158ec6f011f43b76e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18215/cdc_18215_DS1.pdf
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