Infection and co-infection patterns of common upper respiratory tract viruses in patients with flu-like symptoms attending a fever clinic of a tertiary care hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic
Background: More than 200 viruses can cause respiratory tract infections. It is clinically indistinguishable to differentiate SARS-CoV-2 viral infections from other viruses that cause flu-like symptoms. This study was done to determine the infection and co-infection patterns of common respiratory t...
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| author | Md. Hossain Rahman Afzalun Nessa Sharmin Sultana S M Rashed Ul Islam Md Nazrul Islam |
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Background: More than 200 viruses can cause respiratory tract infections. It is clinically indistinguishable to differentiate SARS-CoV-2 viral infections from other viruses that cause flu-like symptoms. This study was done to determine the infection and co-infection patterns of common respiratory tract viruses in patients with flu-like symptoms attending a fever clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: A total of 288 participants attending the Fever Clinic of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University having respiratory symptoms were enrolled in this cross-sectional study done from November 2021 to March 2022. Nasopharyngeal swabs were obtained for molecular detection of selected respiratory viruses by multiplex polymerase chain reaction.
Results: The study participants were aged 18 to 72 (mean 33.2) years. SARS-CoV-2 infection was 16.7% among the participants, while other respiratory viruses were 24.3% that included rhinovirus (14.6%) followed by adenovirus (5.6%) and parainfluenza viruses (3.5%). SARS CoV-2 and rhinovirus (29.4%), adenovirus and rhinovirus (23.5%), and rhinovirus and parainfluenza virus (17.6%) were the most common co-infections among them (n = 17).
Conclusion: Nearly 17% infections were caused by SARS-CoV-2. Rhinovirus infection was the second most common of other upper respiratory viral infections. There is also evidence of co-infections between SARS-CoV-2 and other common upper respiratory tract viruses.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e6c0e4a4d216432ba09eac12203148582024-04-08T11:43:53ZengBangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical UniversityBangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal2074-29082224-77502024-03-0117110.3329/bsmmuj.v17i1.69132Infection and co-infection patterns of common upper respiratory tract viruses in patients with flu-like symptoms attending a fever clinic of a tertiary care hospital during the COVID-19 pandemicMd. Hossain Rahman0Afzalun Nessa 1Sharmin Sultana 2S M Rashed Ul Islam 3Md Nazrul Islam4Department of Virology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Virology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Virology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Virology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Virology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh Background: More than 200 viruses can cause respiratory tract infections. It is clinically indistinguishable to differentiate SARS-CoV-2 viral infections from other viruses that cause flu-like symptoms. This study was done to determine the infection and co-infection patterns of common respiratory tract viruses in patients with flu-like symptoms attending a fever clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A total of 288 participants attending the Fever Clinic of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University having respiratory symptoms were enrolled in this cross-sectional study done from November 2021 to March 2022. Nasopharyngeal swabs were obtained for molecular detection of selected respiratory viruses by multiplex polymerase chain reaction. Results: The study participants were aged 18 to 72 (mean 33.2) years. SARS-CoV-2 infection was 16.7% among the participants, while other respiratory viruses were 24.3% that included rhinovirus (14.6%) followed by adenovirus (5.6%) and parainfluenza viruses (3.5%). SARS CoV-2 and rhinovirus (29.4%), adenovirus and rhinovirus (23.5%), and rhinovirus and parainfluenza virus (17.6%) were the most common co-infections among them (n = 17). Conclusion: Nearly 17% infections were caused by SARS-CoV-2. Rhinovirus infection was the second most common of other upper respiratory viral infections. There is also evidence of co-infections between SARS-CoV-2 and other common upper respiratory tract viruses. https://banglajol.info/index.php/BSMMUJ/article/view/69132common upper respiratory tract virusesSARS-CoV-2Infection and coinfection patternCOVID-19 pandemic |
| spellingShingle | Md. Hossain Rahman Afzalun Nessa Sharmin Sultana S M Rashed Ul Islam Md Nazrul Islam Infection and co-infection patterns of common upper respiratory tract viruses in patients with flu-like symptoms attending a fever clinic of a tertiary care hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal common upper respiratory tract viruses SARS-CoV-2 Infection and coinfection pattern COVID-19 pandemic |
| title | Infection and co-infection patterns of common upper respiratory tract viruses in patients with flu-like symptoms attending a fever clinic of a tertiary care hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Infection and co-infection patterns of common upper respiratory tract viruses in patients with flu-like symptoms attending a fever clinic of a tertiary care hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Infection and co-infection patterns of common upper respiratory tract viruses in patients with flu-like symptoms attending a fever clinic of a tertiary care hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Infection and co-infection patterns of common upper respiratory tract viruses in patients with flu-like symptoms attending a fever clinic of a tertiary care hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Infection and co-infection patterns of common upper respiratory tract viruses in patients with flu-like symptoms attending a fever clinic of a tertiary care hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | infection and co infection patterns of common upper respiratory tract viruses in patients with flu like symptoms attending a fever clinic of a tertiary care hospital during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | common upper respiratory tract viruses SARS-CoV-2 Infection and coinfection pattern COVID-19 pandemic |
| url | https://banglajol.info/index.php/BSMMUJ/article/view/69132 |
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