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Saffold Cardioviruses of 3 Lineages in Children with Respiratory Tract Infections, Beijing, China |
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| Authors: | Lili Ren Richard Gonzalez Zhengde Xie Yan Xiao Yongjun Li Chunyan Liu Lan Chen Qingqing Yang Guy Vernet Gl��ucia Paranhos-Baccal�� Qi Jin Kunling Shen Jianwei Wang |
| Affiliation: | Author affiliations: State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (L. Ren, Q. Jin, J. Wang);;Institute of Pathogen Biology, Beijing (L. Ren, R. Gonzalez, Y. Xiao, L. Chen, Q. Yang, Q. Jin, J. Wang);;Fondation Mérieux, Lyon, France (R. Gonzalez, Y. Li, G. Vernet, G. Paranhos-Baccalà);;Beijing Children’s Hospital, Beijing (Z. Xie, C. Liu, K. Shen) |
| Abstract: | To clarify the potential for respiratory transmission of Saffold cardiovirus (SAFV) and characterize the pathogen, we analyzed respiratory specimens from 1,558 pediatric patients in Beijing. We detected SAFV in 7 (0.5%) patients and identified lineages 1–3. However, because 3 patients had co-infections, we could not definitively say SAFV caused disease. |
| Keywords: | Saffold cardiovirus viruses pediatric patients respiratory tract infections dispatch |