Volume 14, Number 6—June 2008
Dispatch
Global Distribution of Novel Rhinovirus Genotype
Table 1
Molecular diagnosis of ARI from 7 countries by using MassTag PCR* and VP4/2 sequencing†
Country | Season(s) | Samples | Picornavirus positive |
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Total | Novel clade | HRV-A | HRV-B | HEV | % Male | Age range (mean/median) | |||
South Africa | 2006 | 58 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 71 | 0.4–30 mo (5.6/3) |
Côte d’Ivoire | 2006 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 22–28 y (25/25) |
Nepal | 2005–06 | 80 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 56 | 0.25–56 y (8.5/3) |
India | 2007 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 4–36 mo (17.8/18) |
Australia | 2006 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 4–6 mo (5/5) |
Denmark | 2007 | 70 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 1–8 mo (2.9/2) |
Spain | 2003–2006 | 14‡ | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 1–96 mo (23.2/15.5) |
*See (10).
†ARI, acute respiratory illness; HRV, human rhinovirus; HEV, human enterovirus.
‡With previous HRV diagnosis.
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