Detection of NH1N1 influenza virus in nonrespiratory sites among children

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Jan;33(1):95-6. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182a09de7.

Abstract

Among 20 children admitted with laboratory-confirmed influenza, viral RNA was detected in respiratory secretion, stool and blood in 19, 5 and 1 children, respectively. Gastrointestinal symptoms were common but were not associated with viral RNA in stool. nH1N1 viremia was detected, for the first time, in an immunocompetent child.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cohort Studies
  • Feces / virology
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases / virology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza, Human / diagnosis
  • Influenza, Human / virology*
  • Male
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
  • Nasopharynx / virology
  • RNA, Viral / analysis
  • RNA, Viral / blood
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Viremia / virology*

Substances

  • RNA, Viral