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ArticleClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2020

Parechovirus A Infections in Healthy Australian Children During the First 2 Years of Life: A Community-based Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study.

Claire Y T Wang, Robert S Ware, Stephen B Lambert, Lebogang P Mhango, Sarah Tozer, Rebecca Day, Keith Grimwood, Seweryn Bialasiewicz

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Article in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01304914 (Prospective, Community-based, Longitudinal Dynamic Birth Cohort Study of Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Pathogen Identification in Brisbane Infants.), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.

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NCT01304914 completednot on this map

Prospective, Community-based, Longitudinal Dynamic Birth Cohort Study of Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Pathogen Identification in Brisbane Infants.

TypeobservationalSponsorThe University of QueenslandRan2010 to 2014Enrolled165ConditionsRespiratory Tract Infections, Gastrointestinal Infections
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Claire Y T WangCentre for Children's Health Research, Queensland Children's Hospital Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia.
Robert S WareMenzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Stephen B LambertCentre for Children's Health Research, Queensland Children's Hospital Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia.
Lebogang P MhangoCentre for Children's Health Research, Queensland Children's Hospital Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia.
Sarah TozerCentre for Children's Health Research, Queensland Children's Hospital Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia.
Rebecca DayCentre for Children's Health Research, Queensland Children's Hospital Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia.
Keith GrimwoodSchool of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Seweryn BialasiewiczCentre for Children's Health Research, Queensland Children's Hospital Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia.
Queensland Children’s Hospital · AUGriffith University · AUUniversity of Queensland · AUChildren’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHospital-based studies identify parechovirus (PeV), primarily PeV-A3, as an important cause of severe infections in young children. However, few community-based studies have been published and the true PeV infection burden is unknown. We investigated PeV epidemiology in healthy children participating in a community-based, longitudinal birth cohort study.

methodsAustralian children (n = 158) enrolled in the Observational Research in Childhood Infectious Diseases (ORChID) study were followed from birth until their second birthday. Weekly stool and nasal swabs and daily symptom diaries were collected. Swabs were tested for PeV by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and genotypes determined by subgenomic sequencing. Incidence rate, infection characteristics, clinical associations, and virus codetections were investigated.

resultsPeV was detected in 1423 of 11 124 (12.8%) and 17 of 8100 (0.2%) stool and nasal swabs, respectively. Major genotypes among the 306 infection episodes identified were PeV-A1 (47.9%), PeV-A6 (20.1%), and PeV-A3 (18.3%). The incidence rate was 144 episodes (95% confidence interval, 128-160) per 100 child-years. First infections appeared at a median age of 8 (interquartile range, 6.0-11.7) months. Annual seasonal peaks changing from PeV-A1 to PeV-A3 were observed. Infection was positively associated with age ≥6 months, summer season, nonexclusive breastfeeding at age <3 months, and formal childcare attendance before age 12 months. Sole PeV infections were either asymptomatic (38.4%) or mild (32.7%), while codetection with other viruses in stool swabs was common (64.4%).

conclusionsIn contrast with hospital-based studies, this study showed that diverse and dynamically changing PeV genotypes circulate in the community causing mild or subclinical infections in children.Parechovirus can cause severe illnesses in children. However, studies focus mainly on hospitalized populations. True disease burden in the community remains largely unknown. From our community-based cohort, we found diverse parechovirus genotypes in the community, causing mild or subclinical infections in children. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION: NCT01304914.

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ParechovirusPicornaviridae InfectionsAustraliaChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesGenotypeHumansInfantclinical epidemiologyhealthy childrenlongitudinal studyparechovirusviral infection

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PMCPMC7108192
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