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cord-007234-hcpa8ej5	Renwick, Neil	A Recently Identified Rhinovirus Genotype Is Associated with Severe Respiratory-Tract Infection in Children in Germany	2007-12-15		.txt	text/plain	2510	135	40	title: A Recently Identified Rhinovirus Genotype Is Associated with Severe Respiratory-Tract Infection in Children in Germany Here we report the investigation, by MassTag PCR, of pediatric respiratory-tract infections in Germany, studying 97 cases for which no pathogen was identified through routine laboratory evaluation. In an attempt to gather additional information on the potential pathogenicity, as well as temporal and geographic distribution, of rhinoviruses, including the recently identified genotype, we evaluated specimens collected, during the 2003-2006 seasons in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, from children hospitalized because of severe LRTI. In this study of samples collected, during a 3-year interval, from hospitalized children with severe undiagnosed respiratory infection, MassTag PCR allowed us to detect viral pathogens in 49 (51%) of 97 cases. Although we did not have samples to test for the presence of HRV in the lower respiratory tract, the high frequency at which HRV was identified as being the sole virus detected suggests a correlation between the agent and the observed LRTI symptoms.	./cache/cord-007234-hcpa8ej5.txt	./txt/cord-007234-hcpa8ej5.txt