El-Kafrawy, Sherif A;
Alsayed, Salma M;
Alandijany, Thamir A;
Bajrai, Leena H;
Faizo, Arwa A;
Al-Sharif, Hessa A;
Hassan, Ahmed M;
... Azhar, Esam I; + view all
(2022)
High Genetic Diversity of Human Rhinovirus among Pilgrims with Acute Respiratory Tract Infections during 2019 Hajj Pilgrimage Season.
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
10.1016/j.ijid.2022.05.027.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Acute Respiratory tract infections (ARI) due to Human Rhinoviruses (HRV) are common in pilgrims during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The objective of this study was to investigate the genetic diversity of HRV among pilgrims with respiratory symptoms during Hajj 2019. METHODS: HRV infection was detected using multiplex real time RT-PCR. Cycle sequencing was performed on positive samples and the sequences were subjected to phylogenetic analysis. RESULTS: 19 HRV-positive respiratory samples were sequenced. All three serotypes of HRV were identified: HRV-A (13; [68.42%)) was more common than HRV-B (2; [10.53%]), and HRV-C (4; [21.05%]). HRV-A species were found to be of genotypes A101, A21, A30, A57, A23, A60 and A11. HRV-B species belonged to genotypes B4 and B84, and HRV-C species were of genotypes C15, C3 and C56. CONCLUSIONS: Sequencing studies of respiratory tract viruses in pilgrims are important. We provide preliminary evidence of high diversity of HRV genotypes circulating in pilgrims in a restricted area during Hajj. This requires further clinical and sequencing studies of viral pathogens in larger consorts of overseas and local pilgrims.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | High Genetic Diversity of Human Rhinovirus among Pilgrims with Acute Respiratory Tract Infections during 2019 Hajj Pilgrimage Season |
| Location: | Canada |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.05.027 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.05.027 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases under a Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Hajj, Human rhinovirus, Saudi Arabia, genetic diversity, respiratory viruses |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Infection and Immunity UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10149095 |
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