Enterovirus 68 in pediatric patients hospitalized for acute airway diseases.

ABSTRACT: Enterovirus 68 was detected in 10 respiratory specimens from pediatric patients hospitalized for acute wheezing or bronchitis during 2009 in the northeast of France. Viral loads ranged from 2 × 10(5) to 7.2 × 10(7) copies/ml. Alignment of 5' nontranslated regions and phylogenetic analysis of partial VP1 gene sequences show that these viruses clustered and belonged to clade C.

SUBMITTER: Renois F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3553905 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature