Many children aged two to five years have a persistent presence of respiratory viruses in their nasopharynx

Acta Paediatr. 2016 Feb;105(2):e89-92. doi: 10.1111/apa.13259. Epub 2015 Dec 8.

Authors

Konstantinos Douros¹, Doxa Kotzia¹, Christine Kottaridi², Apostolos Giotas¹, Barbara Boutopoulou¹, Petros Karakitsos², Kostas Ν Priftis¹

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Unit, 3rd Department of Pediatrics, University General Hospital 'Attikon', School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
² Department of Cytopathology, University General Hospital 'Attikon', University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.

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MeSH terms

Adenoviridae
Bocavirus / isolation & purification*
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Male
Nasopharynx / virology*
Orthomyxoviridae / isolation & purification
Prospective Studies
Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / isolation & purification
Rhinovirus / isolation & purification*
Rural Population
Urban Population