Moriuchi H, Katsushima N, Nishimura H, Nakamura K, Numazaki Y
Virus Research Center, Sendai National Hospital, Japan.
J Pediatr. 1991 Feb;118(2):235-8. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)80489-5.
To clarify the epidemiologic and clinical features of community-acquired influenza C infection in children, we took specimens throughout the year from a larger number of patients with acute respiratory illnesses in a pediatric clinic in Yamagata, Japan. During a 2-year survey, 20 strains of influenza C virus were isolated from 13,426 specimens. These isolates were recovered throughout the year. The ages of patients with influenza C virus isolates ranged from 2 months to 11 years and peaked at the age of 1 year. The clinical diagnosis of patients with influenza C virus infection included bronchitis in one child and pneumonia in four. Community-acquired influenza C infection in children can cause a variety of respiratory illnesses that cannot be clinically differentiated from those caused by other viruses.
为阐明儿童社区获得性丙型流感感染的流行病学和临床特征，我们全年从日本山形县一家儿科诊所的大量急性呼吸道疾病患者中采集标本。在为期2年的调查中，从13426份标本中分离出20株丙型流感病毒。这些分离株全年均可检出。分离出丙型流感病毒的患者年龄从2个月至11岁不等，1岁时达到高峰。丙型流感病毒感染患者的临床诊断包括1例支气管炎和4例肺炎。儿童社区获得性丙型流感感染可导致多种呼吸道疾病，临床上无法与其他病毒引起的疾病相区分。
