| Title | Respiratory Viruses in Neonates: A Prospective, Community-based Birth Cohort Study. | ||
| Author | Sarna, Mohinder; Alsaleh, Asma; Lambert, Stephen B; Ware, Robert S; Mhango, Lebogang P; Mackay, Ian M; Whiley, David M; Sloots, Theo P; Grimwood, Keith | ||
| Journal | Pediatr Infect Dis J | Publication Year/Month | 2016-Dec |
| PMID | 27580059 | PMCID | -N/A- |
| Affiliation | 1.From the *School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, daggerUQ Child Health Research Centre, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; double daggerDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; section signCommunicable Diseases Branch, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; paragraph signQueensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Centre for Children's Health Research, Children's Health Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; ||Public and Environmental Health-Virology, Forensic & Scientific Services, Department of Health, Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia; **University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland Australia; daggerdaggerSchool of Medicine, Menzies Health Institute, Queensland, Gold Coast campus, Griffith University; and double daggerdouble daggerDepartments of Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Gold Coast Health, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. | ||
A community-based birth cohort study collected weekly nasal swabs and recorded daily symptoms from 157 full-term infants. An average of 0.25 (95% confidence interval: 0.18, 0.34) respiratory virus infections per neonatal period were detected. Human rhinoviruses of diverse subtypes dominated; almost 50% were asymptomatic and continued rhinovirus detections may signify new genotypes. Respiratory viruses are common and often unrecognized in healthy neonates.