World Journal of Medical Microbiology
Volume 3, Issue 1, 2024
Open Access February 27, 2024 3 pages 378 views 271 downloads

Clinical characteristics of patients with multiple respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic period

World Journal of Medical Microbiology 2024, 3(1), 889. DOI: 10.31586/wjmm.2024.889
Abstract
Respiratory virus co-infections have been suggested to happen frequently and exacerbate patients’ conditions, but little is known about the detailed rates and the combinations of viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic period. A total of 255 symptomatic patients who underwent multiplex PCR tests were analyzed, and it was found that 6 (6/255=2.4%) patients were infected with multiple viruses. The
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Respiratory virus co-infections have been suggested to happen frequently and exacerbate patients’ conditions, but little is known about the detailed rates and the combinations of viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic period. A total of 255 symptomatic patients who underwent multiplex PCR tests were analyzed, and it was found that 6 (6/255=2.4%) patients were infected with multiple viruses. The patients ranged in age from 1 to 38 years, and one female patient was pregnant. Of the 6 patients, 4 had fever, and 5 had human rhinovirus/enterovirus and another virus. These data suggested that the rate of respiratory virus co-infection was low, and the combination of SAS-CoV-2 and other viruses was rare even during the COVID-19 pandemic.Full article
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ISSN: 2836-4333
DOI prefix: 10.31586/wjmm
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