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Objective To investigate the epidemiological characteristic of influenza in children in Guangzhou ,and provide the sci-entific basis for prevention .Methods A total of 20 throat swabs were collected from children with influenza-like illness(ILI) each week from 2014 to 2015 .A total of 2080 samples were obtained .The virus was isolated with MDCK cell line and virus type identi-fication were detected by real-time PCR .The relevant data was collected and analyzed epidemiologically .Results A total of 244 were detected positive in 2080 ILI cases in Guangzhou from 2014 to 2015 .The positive rate was 11 .7% .The positive rate of influ-enza virus reached peak in February and June in 2014 ,and the major type of influenza virus was new type H1N1 in February and H3N2 in June .The positive rate of influenza virus reached peak in March and June in 2015 ,and the major type of influenza virus were B type in March and H3N2 in June .Only one case of new H1N1 was detected in 2015 .The positive rate of influenza virus was 25 .6% in 3 to 6 years old ILI children which took larger part than other groups .Conclusion In Guangzhou ,the influenza virus epi-demic is more active in 2015 .The major type of influenza virus in the epidemic is seasonal type H 3N2 and B .Type A and type B appeared in the epidemic alternatively .The 3-6 year-old children are the high-risk group of influenza infection ,and should be monitored .
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Objective To compare the analytical performance and results correlation of cortisol detection by the Beckman Access 2 Immunoassay System chemiluminescence system and the Roche COBAS E 411 electrochemical luminescence system .Methods The precision ,functional sensitivity ,reference range ,positive coincidence rate and negative coincidence rate of both Beckman Access 2 Immunoassay System and Roche COBAS E 411 systems for detecting cortisol were evaluated according to the method of ISO15198 .Results Both Beckman Access 2 Immunoassay System and Roche COBAS E 411 system exhibited better precision ,the functional sensitivity conformed to the lower limit of clinical detection set by the manufacturers ,after establishing the reference range of cortisol by the laboratory ,the cortisol values detected by these two systems were performed the linear regression analysis , the results indicated that the correlation between them was good ,the linear regression coefficient r2 =0 .977 ,and the positive and negative coincidence rates were 100% .Conclusion The two analytical systems have excellent performance for cortisol ,which all meet the clinical detection requirements .The methodological comparison shows good correlation between them ,and the detection re‐sults could be cited between these two systems by the regression equation .
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Objective To analyze the Epstein-Barr virus(EBV) infection status in children .Methods The EBV infection related antibody data of the children patients in our center during 2013 were collected and performed the statistical analysis on the age ,dis-ease type and month distribution .Results Totally 7 582 children cases were detected .The total infection rate of EBVCA-IgM was 16 .97% .The positive rates of specific EBVCA-IgM in different age stages were 15 .92% in 0 - <3 years old ,22 .53% in 3 - <6 years old ,16 .69% in 6- <10 years old and 8 .30% in more than 10 years old;in EBV infection cases ,most of them were infections mononucleosis ,followed by respiratory tract infection ;March and September had the highest EBV infection rate .The positive rates of series antibodies detection of EBV were 19 .11% for EBVCA-IgM ,61 .57% for EBVCA-IgG ,53 .76% for EBNA-1-IgG and 9 .50% for EBVEA-IgG ,the proportion of the combination of positive EBVCA-IgG and positive EBNA-1-IgG was highest ,account-ing for 39 .57% .Conclusion EBV is an important infectious pathogen in children infection ;39 .57% of children are once infected by EBV in the past ;with the age increase ,the EBV infection proportion will be decreased .