Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2008)

Global Distribution of Novel Rhinovirus Genotype

  • Thomas Briese,
  • Neil Renwick,
  • Marietjie Venter,
  • Richard G. Jarman,
  • Dhrubaa Ghosh,
  • Sophie Köndgen,
  • Sanjaya K. Shrestha,
  • A. Mette Hoegh,
  • Inmaculada Casas,
  • Edgard Valerie Adjogoua,
  • Chantal Akoua-Koffi,
  • Khin Saw Myint,
  • David T. Williams,
  • Glenys R. Chidlow,
  • Ria van den Berg,
  • Cristina Calvo,
  • Orienka Koch,
  • Gustavo Palacios,
  • Vishal Kapoor,
  • Joseph Villari,
  • Samuel R. Dominguez,
  • Kathryn V. Holmes,
  • Gerry Harnett,
  • David W. Smith,
  • John S. MacKenzie,
  • Heinz Ellerbrok,
  • Brunhilde Schweiger,
  • Kristian Schønning,
  • Mandeep S. Chadha,
  • Fabian H. Leendertz,
  • A.C. Mishra,
  • Robert V. Gibbons,
  • Edward C. Holmes,
  • W. Ian Lipkin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1406.080271
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 6
pp. 944 – 947

Abstract

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Global surveillance for a novel rhinovirus genotype indicated its association with community outbreaks and pediatric respiratory disease in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Molecular dating indicates that these viruses have been circulating for at least 250 years.

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