ArticleJournal of medical virology2011
Rhinovirus frequently detected in elderly adults attending an emergency department.
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- Epidemiology and burden of respiratory syncytial virus in Italian adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Surveillance of respiratory viruses in severe acute respiratory infections in Southern Brazil, 2023-2024.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Seasonal dynamics and genetic diversity of human rhinoviruses in patients with acute respiratory infection in Bangkok in 2024.Archives of virology · 2025Article
- Impact of rhinovirus on hospitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective cohort study.Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology · 2022Article
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- Comparative incidence and burden of respiratory viruses associated with hospitalization in adults in New York City.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2021Article
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- Molecular Epidemiology of Human Rhinovirus From 1-Year Surveillance Within a School Setting in Rural Coastal Kenya.Open forum infectious diseases · 2020Article
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- Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Other Noninfluenza Respiratory Viruses in Older Adults.Infectious disease clinics of North America · 2017Review
- Enteroviruses and Rhinoviruses: Molecular Epidemiology of the Most Influenza-Like Illness Associated Viruses in Senegal.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2016Article
- Respiratory viruses and torque teno virus in adults with acute respiratory infections.Intervirology · 2015Article
- Pandemic clinical case definitions are non-specific: multiple respiratory viruses circulating in the early phases of the 2009 influenza pandemic in New South Wales, Australia.Virology journal · 2014Article
- Etiology and clinical outcomes of acute respiratory virus infection in hospitalized adults.Infection & chemotherapy · 2014Article
- Epidemiology of virus-induced asthma exacerbations: with special reference to the role of human rhinovirus.Frontiers in microbiology · 2014Review
- Severity of human rhinovirus infection in immunocompromised adults is similar to that of 2009 H1N1 influenza.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2012Article
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Abstract
The general aim was to investigate the burden of respiratory virus illness in a hospital emergency department, during two different epidemic seasons. Consecutive patients attending an emergency department during two study periods (February/March 2009 and 2010) were enrolled using broad inclusion criteria (fever/preceding fever and one of a set of ICD-9 codes suggestive of respiratory illness); nasopharyngeal washes were tested for the most common respiratory viruses using PCR-based methods. Influenza A virus was detected in 24% of samples collected in February/March 2009, whereas no samples tested positive for influenza during February/March 2010 (pandemic H1N1 Influenza A having circulated earlier in October-December 2009). Rhinovirus (HRV) was detected in 16% and 8% of patients recruited over the two study periods, respectively. Other respiratory viruses were detected rarely. Patient data were then analyzed with specific PCR results, comparing the HRV-positive group with virus-positive and no virus-detected groups. Individuals over 65 years old with HRV presented with signs, symptoms and underlying conditions and were admitted to hospital as often as the other enrolled patients, mainly for dyspnoea and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease acute exacerbation. Conversely, younger individuals with HRV, although presenting with respiratory signs and symptoms, were generally diagnosed with non-respiratory conditions. HRV was detected frequently in elderly patients attending the emergency department for respiratory distress without distinguishing clinical features. Molecular diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections and surveillance of infectious diseases should include tests for HRV, as this virus is associated frequently with hospitalization of the elderly.
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