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- Title
The Clinical and Genomic Epidemiology of Rhinovirus in Homeless Shelters-King County, Washington.
- Authors
Chow, Eric J; Casto, Amanda M; Roychoudhury, Pavitra; Han, Peter D; Xie, Hong; Pfau, Brian; Nguyen, Tien V; Sereewit, Jaydee; Rogers, Julia H; Cox, Sarah N; Wolf, Caitlin R; Rolfes, Melissa A; Mosites, Emily; Uyeki, Timothy M; Greninger, Alexander L; Hughes, James P; Shim, M Mia; Sugg, Nancy; Duchin, Jeffrey S; Starita, Lea M
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Rhinovirus (RV) is a common cause of respiratory illness in all people, including those experiencing homelessness. RV epidemiology in homeless shelters is unknown.<bold>Methods: </bold>We analyzed data from a cross-sectional homeless shelter study in King County, Washington, October 2019-May 2021. Shelter residents or guardians aged ≥3 months reporting acute respiratory illness completed questionnaires and submitted nasal swabs. After 1 April 2020, enrollment expanded to residents and staff regardless of symptoms. Samples were tested by multiplex RT-PCR for respiratory viruses. A subset of RV-positive samples was sequenced.<bold>Results: </bold>There were 1066 RV-positive samples with RV present every month of the study period. RV was the most common virus before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (43% and 77% of virus-positive samples, respectively). Participants from family shelters had the highest prevalence of RV. Among 131 sequenced samples, 33 RV serotypes were identified with each serotype detected for ≤4 months.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>RV infections persisted through community mitigation measures and were most prevalent in shelters housing families. Sequencing showed a diversity of circulating RV serotypes, each detected over short periods of time. Community-based surveillance in congregate settings is important to characterize respiratory viral infections during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.<bold>Clinical Trials Registration: </bold>NCT04141917.
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022, Vol 226, pS304
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/infdis/jiac239