Li Meihua, Huang Yanfeng, Zhu Chaomin, et al. Viral load and the duration of virus shedding of enterviru 71 in stool samples of children with hand,food and mouth disease and its related factors. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 40(12):1582-1586(2015)
Li Meihua, Huang Yanfeng, Zhu Chaomin, et al. Viral load and the duration of virus shedding of enterviru 71 in stool samples of children with hand,food and mouth disease and its related factors. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 40(12):1582-1586(2015) DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.000786.
Viral load and the duration of virus shedding of enterviru 71 in stool samples of children with hand,food and mouth disease and its related factors
Objective:To study entervirus 71(EV71) virus viral load and shedding period in stool samples of children with hand
food and mouth disease(HFMD) and its related factors. Methods:Forty five HFMD children infected with EV71 for a 12-week follow-up were included in the study as EV71 group. Another 27 HFMD cases infected with other enterovirus were involved as control group.Stool samples for each patient were collected every 7 days and Taq Man probe real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR(RT-PCR) was conducted to detect EV71 virus load. Statistical analysis was performed based on Kplan-Meier method. Results:Fifty seven cases(79.2%) showed persistently detoxifying(39 in EV71 group and 18 in control group)
and 15 cases(20.8%) showed intermittently detoxifying(6 in EV71 group and 9 in control group). In 57 cases with persistently detoxification
the positive rates of EV71 in EV71 group were 100% from 1 to 7 weeks
and for 8 to 12 weeks the positive rates were 94.4%
91.2%
81.6%
81.6%
and 81.6%
respectively. The positive rates in the control group from 1 to 10 weeks were 100%
88.9%
83.3%
72.2%
55.5%
23.2%
38.9%
22.2%
14.8%
22.2% and 14.8%
respectively. The EV71 positive rates of samples obtained from patients between EV71 and control groups distributed statistically different(t=4.00
P=0.00). A significant difference was identified in the virus load between EV71 and control groups in week 9(Z=-2.17
P=0.03). No significant difference in virus load was found between EV71 and control cases in either severe or mild patients
as well as between serve and mild patients in EV71 group during the 12-week follow-up(P >0.05). No significant difference in the distribution of virus load was identified among different age groups and between male and female among patients infected with EV71( χ~2=3.15
P=0.21;Z=-0.03
P=0.98). Conclusion:Consistently detoxification is exhibited in the majority of children with HFMD for over 12 weeks. The viral shedding period of patients is longer in EV71 group than in control group. However
the viral load in EV71 group is lower than in control group. In EV71 group
age and sex are not significantly associated with viral load.