It is increasingly recognized that human rhinoviruses (HRV) can be associated with severe infections. However, conflicting results have been reported on the relative prevalence and severity of the three HRV species.The relative prevalence and clinical characteristics of HRV-A, B and C, in children attending a South London teaching hospital were investigated retrospectively.Children aged<16 years with episodes of respiratory tract infections and detectable entero/rhinovirus RNA in respiratory samples between November 2009 and December 2010 were investigated. Retrospective case review was performed and patients' characteristics recorded.Entero/rhinoviruses were the commonest viral pathogens (498/2316; 21.5

作者：Ina L, Lauinger；Jon M, Bible；Eugene P, Halligan；Harish, Bangalore；Olga, Tosas；Emma J, Aarons；Eithne, MacMahon；Cheuk Y W, Tong

来源：Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology 2013 年 58卷 1期