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Volume 10, Number 6—June 2004
Research

Respiratory Picornaviruses and Respiratory Syncytial Virus as Causative Agents of Acute Expiratory Wheezing in Children

Tuomas Jartti*Comments to Author , Pasi Lehtinen*, Tytti Vuorinen†, Riikka Österback†, Bernadette G. van den Hoogen‡, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus‡, and Olli Ruuskanen*
Author affiliations: *Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; †Turku University, Turku, Finland; ‡Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

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Table 2

Viral etiology of acute expiratory wheezing in childrena

Y of study (Ref.) Wheezing episodes Age (y) Methods for virus detection
 Viral identification rates (%)
Culture Antigen Serology PCR RSV Rhino Entero PIV types 1–3 Influ. A/B Adeno Corona HMPV Total pos.
1965 (17)
 225
 0–16
 +
8
 3
 5
 4
 0
 4
27
1971 (18)
 855
 0–14
 +
9
 2
 1
 8
 1
 2
25
1975 (19)
 1,515
 0–12
 +
3
 12
 3
 3
 2
 1
23
1976 (20)
 267
 1–12
 +
+
4
 6
 1
 1
 1
 3
14
1979 (21)
 1,851
 0–15
 +
7
 1
6
2
21
1979 (22)
 554
 0–12
 +
2
 13
 4
 4
 2
 1
26
1979 (23)
 72
 5–15
 +
1
 28
3
 10
 1
49
1984 (24)
 256
 2–15
 +
 +
 +
5
4
 2
 3
 2
29
1987 (25)
 204
 0–12
 +
 +
 +
6
 1
 5
 0
 3
 2
19
1993 (26)
 99
 0.2–16
 +
 +
14
 19
 3
 0
 2
 0
36
1996 (27)
 181
 0.3–2
 +
 +
12
 6
 1
 7
2
26
1999 (3)
 70
 0.2–16
 +
 +
+
 26
 61
 1
1
4
83
1999 (28)
 132
 0.3–14
+
+
 21
 47
 10
 4
 5
 5
 5
82
2000 (29)
 84
 0.7
+
+
 54
 10
 8
 0
 0
 13
 0
74
2002 (30)
 118
 0–1.5
+
 53
 21
3
 3
 8
 3
74
2003 (4) 179 0.1–17 + + + 7 79 1 2 2 88

aSampling period of at least 12 mo.
bRSV, respiratory syncytial virus; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; rhino, rhinovirus; entero, enterovirus, PIV, parainfluenza virus; influ., influenza virus; adeno, adenovirus; corona, coronavirus; HMPV, human metapnemovirus; pos., positive.

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