id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-300711-yibdumij Shatizadeh, Somayeh Epidemiological and clinical evaluation of children with respiratory virus infections 2014-09-22 .txt text/plain 2024 119 48 This study was performed to detect viruses in children with respiratory infections and describe their epidemiology and clinical characteristics. Methods: In this descriptive cross sectional study, throat swabs and wash specimens from 202 children younger than six years of age with diagnosis of a respiratory tract infection from a total of 897 specimens were evaluated using multiplex PCR method. Results: Respiratory viruses were detected in 92 children: respiratory synsytial virus, 16.8%; influenza virus, 5.4%; parainfluenza virus, 8.4%; adenovirus, 14.4% and human metapneumo virus 0.49% with male predominance and higher distribution in children younger than 1 year of age with preference in the cold months of year. In this study, AdVs followed by RSV were the most frequently detected viral agents in our patients (14.4%) which occurred mostly in the summer and winter months (August, September and February) in male children in all age groups. ./cache/cord-300711-yibdumij.txt ./txt/cord-300711-yibdumij.txt