An outbreak of human Rhinovirus-A21 infection in a psychiatric ward during COVID-19 pandemic

A cluster of acute respiratory illnesses involving 12 inpatients and 3 healthcare workers occurred in a psychiatric ward. Eight of them were identified as HRV-A21. Fever and cough were the most common symptoms. The study also provides further evidence of the impact of HRV on lower respiratory tract...

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Published inJournal of microbiology, immunology and infection Vol. 55; no. 6; pp. 1326 - 1329
Main Authors Chen, Lung-Chiung, Chiu, Chih-Chien, Chang, Fu-Mei, Wu, Pei-Yuan, Yang, Shu-Li, Huang, Chung-Guei, Huang, Yhu-Chering
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier B.V 01.12.2022
Taiwan Society of Microbiology. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC
Elsevier
Subjects
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Infant
Outbreak
Pandemics
Picornaviridae Infections - epidemiology
Psychiatric Department, Hospital
Psychiatric ward
Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology
Rhinovirus
Rhinovirus-A21
Short Communication
Rhinovirus-A21
COVID-19
Psychiatric ward
Outbreak
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Summary:A cluster of acute respiratory illnesses involving 12 inpatients and 3 healthcare workers occurred in a psychiatric ward. Eight of them were identified as HRV-A21. Fever and cough were the most common symptoms. The study also provides further evidence of the impact of HRV on lower respiratory tract illness.
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ISSN:1684-1182
1995-9133
1995-9133
DOI:10.1016/j.jmii.2022.07.007