id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-307990-skrye40w Hai, Le Thanh Fatal Respiratory Infections Associated with Rhinovirus Outbreak, Vietnam 2012-11-17 .txt text/plain 1681 97 51 During an outbreak of severe acute respiratory infections in 2 orphanages, Vietnam, 7/12 hospitalized children died. During an outbreak of severe acute respiratory infections in 2 orphanages, Vietnam, 7/12 hospitalized children died. Human rhinovirus (HRV), a common cause of mild upper respiratory tract infections, may also cause severe ARI in children. Of children whose specimens were tested by RT-PCR, 98% (42/43) of the infants from the outbreak orphanage had at least 1 symptom of respiratory tract infection compared with 14 (35%) of 40 infants at the control orphanage. Several children (not hospitalized) from the outbreak orphanage were also infected with HRVs from the C cluster. We found that HRV was the main pathogen detected in an outbreak of severe ARI in children living in an orphanage in Vietnam. Our fi ndings support recent studies showing that HRV may be associated with severe respiratory tract infection in infants and children (4) (5) (6) . ./cache/cord-307990-skrye40w.txt ./txt/cord-307990-skrye40w.txt