Virologically Confirmed Population-based Burden of Hospitalization Caused by Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Adenovirus, and Parainfluenza Viruses in Children in Hong Kong

2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 1088-1092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan S. Chiu ◽  
Kwok-Hung Chan ◽  
Hong Chen ◽  
Betty W. Young ◽  
Wilina Lim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Parainfluenza Viruses ◽  
Syncytial Virus

scholarly journals Bacterial and Viral Coinfections with the Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1293
Author(s):  
Gaspar A. Pacheco ◽  
Nicolás M. S. Gálvez ◽  
Jorge A. Soto ◽  
Catalina A. Andrade ◽  
Alexis M. Kalergis
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
Influenza A ◽  
Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
Respiratory Pathogens ◽  
Parainfluenza Viruses ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
Syncytial Virus ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
Polymicrobial Infections

The human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) is one of the leading causes of acute lower respiratory tract infections in children under five years old. Notably, hRSV infections can give way to pneumonia and predispose to other respiratory complications later in life, such as asthma. Even though the social and economic burden associated with hRSV infections is tremendous, there are no approved vaccines to date to prevent the disease caused by this pathogen. Recently, coinfections and superinfections have turned into an active field of study, and interactions between many viral and bacterial pathogens have been studied. hRSV is not an exception since polymicrobial infections involving this virus are common, especially when illness has evolved into pneumonia. Here, we review the epidemiology and recent findings regarding the main polymicrobial infections involving hRSV and several prevalent bacterial and viral respiratory pathogens, such as Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, human rhinoviruses, influenza A virus, human metapneumovirus, and human parainfluenza viruses. As reports of most polymicrobial infections involving hRSV lack a molecular basis explaining the interaction between hRSV and these pathogens, we believe this review article can serve as a starting point to interesting and very much needed research in this area.

scholarly journals Population-based trends and underlying risk factors for infant respiratory syncytial virus and bronchiolitis hospitalizations

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. e0205399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihoko V. Bennett ◽  
Kimmie McLaurin ◽  
Christopher Ambrose ◽  
Henry C. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Syncytial Virus ◽  
Underlying Risk

scholarly journals Invasive pneumococcal and meningococcal disease: association with influenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus activity?

2008 ◽  
Vol 136 (11) ◽  
pp. 1448-1454 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. S. C. JANSEN ◽  
E. A. M. SANDERS ◽  
A. VAN DER ENDE ◽  
A. M. VAN LOON ◽  
A. W. HOES ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Virus ◽  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
Meningococcal Disease ◽  
Invasive Disease ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Virus Activity ◽  
Syncytial Virus ◽  
Pneumococcal Bacteraemia ◽  
Rate Ratios

SUMMARYFew studies have examined the relationship between viral activity and bacterial invasive disease, considering both influenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). This study aimed to assess the potential relationship between invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), meningococcal disease (MD), and influenza virus and RSV activity in The Netherlands. Correlations were determined between population-based data on IPD and MD during 1997–2003 and influenza virus and RSV surveillance data. Incidence rate ratios of disease during periods of high influenza virus and RSV activity over the peri-seasonal and summer baseline periods were calculated. The analyses comprised 7266 and 3072 cases of IPD and MD. When data from all seasons were included, the occurrence of pneumococcal bacteraemia and MD correlated significantly with influenza virus and RSV activity both in children and adults. Periods of increased influenza virus and RSV activity showed higher rates of pneumococcal bacteraemia in older children and adults than the peri-season period. Rates of MD in children were also higher during periods of increased influenza virus activity; the same appeared true for MD in older children during periods of increased RSV activity. Although no causal relationship may be inferred from these data, they support a role for influenza virus and RSV in the pathogenesis of IPD and MD.

scholarly journals Virus isolations from patients in general practice, 1961–71

1974 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
Virus Type ◽  
Mumps Virus ◽  
Influenza Viruses ◽  
Parainfluenza Virus ◽  
Parainfluenza Viruses ◽  
Syncytial Virus ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Type 3

SUMMARYDuring the period 1961–71 of 1785 viruses isolated from patients in the general population 503 (28%) were rhinoviruses, 465 (26%) influenza viruses, 248 (14%) enteroviruses, 234 (13%) herpes simplex virus, 132 (7%) parainfluenza viruses, 129 (7%) adenoviruses and 49 (3%) respiratory syncytial virus. Also isolated were 18 strains of mumps virus, 7 coronaviruses and 295 streptococci of groups A, C or G.Fluctuations were observed in the frequency with which respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus type 2, and the adenoviruses were isolated over the 10-year period.Influenza viruses types A and B, parainfluenza viruses types 1 and 2, respiratory syncytial virus, adenoviruses types 3, 4, 6, 7 and 21, and many enteroviruses were all associated with outbreaks.Infections with influenza viruses A and B and parainfluenza viruses types 1 and 2 came during the winter, whereas those with parainfluenza virus type 3, enteroviruses, and rhinoviruses were more frequently seen in the summer and early autumn.

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