Title :

Respiratory virus detection in returning travelers and pilgrims from the Middle East.

Author(s) :

Mercier, Ambroise [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Virologie - ULR 3610 [Laboratoire de Virologie]
Méheut, Antoine [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [CHU Lille] [CHRU Lille]
Alidjinou, Enagnon Kazali [Auteur]
Laboratoire de virologie - ULR 3610
Lazrek, Mouna [Auteur]
Laboratoire de virologie - ULR 3610
Faure, Karine [Auteur]
Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille (CIIL) - U1019 - UMR 9017
Hober, Didier [Auteur]
Laboratoire de virologie - ULR 3610
Engelmann, Ilka [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Virologie - ULR 3610 [Laboratoire de Virologie]

Journal title :

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Abbreviated title :

Travel Med Infect Dis

Volume number :

51

Pages :

102482

Publication date :

2022-10-26

ISSN :

1873-0442

English keyword(s) :

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
Pilgrims
Saudi Arabia
Enterovirus
Influenzavirus
Respiratory virus
PCR
SARS-CoV-2

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Immunologie

English abstract : [en]

Background Pilgrims travelling to Saudi Arabia are commonly infected with respiratory viruses. Since the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) emerged in 2012, patients with acute respiratory symptoms ...
Show more >Background Pilgrims travelling to Saudi Arabia are commonly infected with respiratory viruses. Since the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) emerged in 2012, patients with acute respiratory symptoms returning from an endemic area can be suspected to be infected by this virus. Methods: 98 patients suspected to have MERS-CoV infection from 2014 to 2019 were included in this retrospective cohort study. Upper and lower respiratory tract samples were tested by real-time RT-PCR for the detection of MERS-CoV and other respiratory viruses. Routine microbiological analyses were also performed. Patient data were retrieved from laboratory and hospital databases retrospectively. Results: All patients with suspected MERS-CoV infection travelled before their hospitalization. Most frequent symptoms were cough (94.4%) and fever (69.4%). 98 specimens were tested for MERS-CoV RNA and none of them was positive. Most frequently detected viruses were Enterovirus/Rhinovirus (40/83; 48.2%), Influenzavirus A (34/90; 37.8%) and B (11/90; 12.2%), H-CoV (229E and OC43 10/83; 12% and 7/83; 8.4%, respectively). Conclusion: From 2014 to 2019, none of 98 patients returning from endemic areas was MERS-CoV infected. However, infections with other respiratory viruses were frequent, especially with Enterovirus/Rhinoviruses and Influenzaviruses.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CHU Lille

Collections :

• Centre d'Infection et d'Immunité de Lille (CIIL) - U1019 - UMR 9017
• Laboratoire de virologie - ULR 3610

Submission date :

2024-01-17T22:05:35Z
2024-02-09T10:24:52Z