Human Parainfluenza Virus (HPIV) Detection in Hospitalized Children with Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in the Western Cape, South Africa during 2014–2022 Reveals a Shift in Dominance of HPIV 3 and 4 Infections

The epidemiology of human parainfluenza viruses (HPIV), particularly its role as a cause of acute respiratory infection (ARI) in infants, has not been formally studied in South Africa. We evaluated HPIV prevalence in diagnostic samples from hospitalized children from public sector hospitals in the W...

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Main Authors: Jane Parsons, Stephen Korsman, Heidi Smuts, Nei-Yuan Hsiao, Ziyaad Valley-Omar, Tathym Gelderbloem, Diana Hardie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Diagnostics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/13/15/2576