Article
Prevalence of and risk factors for human rhinovirus infection in healthy aboriginal and non-aboriginal Western Australian children.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Jul 2012
Annamalay Alicia A, Khoo Siew-Kim, Jacoby Peter, Bizzintino Joelene, Zhang Guicheng, Chidlow Glenys, Lee Wai-Ming, Moore Hannah C, Harnett Gerry B, Smith David W, Gern James E, LeSouef Peter N, Laing Ingrid A, Lehmann Deborah
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human rhinovirus (HRV) species C (HRV-C) have been associated with frequent and severe acute lower respiratory infections and asthma in hospitalized children. The prevalence of HRV-C among healthy children and whether this varies with ethnicity is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of HRV species and their associations with demographic, environmental and socioeconomic factors in healthy...
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