Viral Agents of Childhood Respiratory Tract Infection in the United States

As of October, 2019 Gideon www.GideonOnline.com and the Gideon e-book series contain details of 69,204 epidemiological surveys – of which 1,107 (1.6%) are related to the prevalence of specific viral species in patients with respiratory tract infection.  [1-3] The following chronology of published studies summarizes the relative proportion of viral agents associated with non-influenza childhood respiratory infection in the United States.  Additional details and primary references are available on request. 1976 – 2001 Tennessee hMPV accounted for 20% of acute respiratory illness among children ages 0 to 5 years having no other identifiable etiology. 78% of infections in this group occurred during the months December to April. 1977 – 2001 Tennessee Coronaviruses were found in 5.0% of nasal wash specimens from children below age 5 years with URI or LRI – 9% of these 229 E, 59% OC43 and 33% NL63 1982 – 2001 Tennessee – Nashville hMPV accounted for 5% of upper respiratory tract infections among children, when other viruses are not identified 2000 – 2001 New York hMPV was found in 3.9% of children ages 0 to 5 years, hospitalized for respiratory illness 2001 – 2002 Ohio HcoV-HKU1 was found in 1% of children below age 5 years with suspected viral infection in whom other viruses were not found 2001 – 2003 Multiple locations Coronaviruses were found in 2.2% of children below age 2 years hospitalized for acute respiratory symptoms or fever 2001...
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