Volume 10, Number 6, June 2004

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

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

Figure 3. The prevalence of respiratory viruses in hospitalized, wheezing children in different age groups. RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; RHINO, rhinovirus; RHI-ENT, rhino/enterovirus; ENTERO, enteroviruses; HMPV, human metapneumovirus; PARA 1–3, parainfluenza virus types 1–3; INFLU A/B, influenza A and B viruses; ADENO, adenovirus; CORONA, coronavirus; MIXED, mixed viral infection. p values are for intergroup comparisons: RSV p < 0.001, HMPV p = 0.003, enteroviruses p = 0.0018, and adenovirus p = 0.022.

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