Progress on the correlation between virus types and viral load and severity of viral pneumonia in children
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4408.2024.01.009
- VernacularTitle:病毒类型和载量与儿童病毒性肺炎严重程度相关性的研究进展
- Author:
Wenyu ZHU
1
;
Gen LU
Author Information
1. 广州医科大学附属妇女儿童医疗中心呼吸科 510623
- Keywords:
Children;
Community acquired pneumonia;
Viral load;
Severity
- From:
International Journal of Pediatrics
2024;51(1):43-48
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Community acquired pneumonia（CAP）is the leading cause of death in children，and as molecular diagnostic techniques continue to improve，more CAP is found to be caused by viral infections. At present，many factors are known to affect the severity of viral pneumonia，including viral subtypes，viral virulence，host factors，environmental factors，etc. Some studies have found that viral load is related to the severity of viral pneumonia，and different viral load levels have different effects on the severity of viral pneumonia. The correlation with virus type，subtype，site of virus specimen collection，age，sex and co-infection may be also different. This article will review the relationship between viral load and disease severity in pneumonia caused by common respiratory viral infections.
