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. 2013 May;7(3):280-5.
doi: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00393.x. Epub 2012 Jun 21.

Hospitalization due to human parainfluenza virus-associated lower respiratory tract illness in rural Thailand

Oliver W Morgan  1 , Malinee Chittaganpitch, Birgit Clague, Somrak Chantra, Wichai Sanasuttipun, Prabda Prapasiri, Sathapana Naorat, Yongjua Laosirithavorn, Teresa C T Peret, Dean D Erdman, Henry C Baggett, Sonja J Olsen, Alicia M Fry
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Hospitalization due to human parainfluenza virus-associated lower respiratory tract illness in rural Thailand

Oliver W Morgan et al. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2013 May.

Abstract

Background: Human parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs) are an important cause of acute respiratory illness in young children but little is known about their epidemiology in the tropics.

Methods: From 2003-2007, we conducted surveillance for hospitalized respiratory illness in rural Thailand. We performed reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction on nasopharyngeal specimens and enzyme immunoassay on paired sera.

Results: Of 10,097 patients enrolled, 573 (5%) of all ages and 370 (9%) of children <5 years of age had evidence of HPIV infection (HPIV1=189, HPIV2=54, HPIV3=305, untyped=27). Average adjusted annual incidence of HPIV-associated hospitalized respiratory illness was greatest in children aged <1 year (485 per 100,000 person years).

Conclusions: In Thailand, HPIV caused substantial illnesses requiring hospitalization in young children.

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Proportion of patients hospitalized with acute lower respiratory tract illness with Human parainfluenza viruse1 (HPIV‐1) or HPIV‐3 in Sa Kaeo (September 1, 2003, to December 31, 2007) and Nakhon Phanom (January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2007), Thailand.
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