Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of respiratory viruses in 4403 pediatric patients from multiple hospitals in Guangdong, China

• Main Authors: Yajie Zhang (Author), Lin Qiao (Author), Jinxiu Yao (Author), Nan Yu (Author), Xiaoping Mu (Author), Shengqi Huang (Author), Bo Hu (Author), Weixuan Li (Author), Feng Qiu (Author), Fangyin Zeng (Author), Cong Chen (Author), Yuqiu Zhou (Author), Bashan Zhang (Author), Tian Cai (Author), Weijia Wang (Author), Xianjin Wu (Author), Yiwen Zhou (Author), Guochang Wang (Author), Bo Situ (Author), Shuling Lan (Author), Na Li (Author), Xiu Li (Author), Zihua Li (Author), Xin Li (Author), Congrong Wang (Author), Chao Yang (Author), Pingfeng Feng (Author), Hongxia Wang (Author), Sijing Zhu (Author), Yufeng Xiong (Author), Min Luo (Author), Wenjuan Shen (Author), Xiumei Hu (Author), Lei Zheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Acute respiratory infections (ARI) cause considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially in children. Unfortunately, there are limited multi-center data on common viral respiratory infections in south China. Methods A total of 4403 nasal swabs were collected from child...