Twelve weeks of childcare...

To the tune of the twelve days of Xmas

In the first week of childcare,

some kids got sick with me

The lab said they might have HRV

In the second week of childcare,

some kids got sick with me,

Two had paraflu,

and a few might have had an HRV

In the third week of childcare,

some kids got sick with me,

Three had an entero

Two had paraflu

and a few had uncultivable HRV

In the fourth week of childcare,

some kids got sick with me,

Four had OC43

Three had an entero

Two had paraflu

and a few had untypeable HRVs

In the fifth week of childcare,

some kids got sick with me,

Five had MPV

Four had OC43

Three had an entero

Two had paraflu

and a few had something like an HEV

In the sixth week of childcare,

some kids got sick with me,

Six had HKU1

Five had MPV

Four had OC43

Three had an entero

Two had paraflu

and a few had newly identified HRVs

In the seventh week of childcare,

some kids got sick with me,

Seven had an adeno

Six had HKU1

Five had MPV

Four had OC43

Three had an entero

Two had paraflu

and a few had pleconaril-resistant HRVs (we think!)

In the eighth week of childcare,

some kids got sick with me,

Eight had bocavirus

Seven had an adeno

Six had HKU1

Five had MPVs

Four had OC43

Three had an entero

Two had paraflus

and a few were PCR-positive for HRV

In the ninth week of childcare,

some kids got sick with me,

Nine had RSV

Eight had bocavirus

Seven had an adeno

Six had HKU1

Five had MPV

Four had OC43

Three had an entero

Two had paraflu

and a few had antigenically distinct HRVs

In the tenth week of childcare,

some kids got sick with me,

Ten had NL63

Nine had RSV

Eight had bocavirus

Seven had an adeno

Six had HKU1

Five had MPV

Four had OC43

Three had an entero

Two had paraflu

and a few had more than a single HRV

In the eleventh week of childcare,

some kids got sick with me,

Eleven had Wuv and Kiv

Ten had NL63

Nine had RSV

Eight had bocavirus

Seven had an adeno

Six had HKU1

Five had MPV

Four had OC43

Three had an entero

Two had paraflu

and some came from a clade of HRV (which was distinct!)

In the twelfth week of childcare,

some kids got sick with me,

Twelve had IFAV

Eleven had Wuv and Kiv

Ten had NL63

Nine had RSV

Eight had bocavirus

Seven had an adeno

Six had HKU1

Five had MPV

Four had OC43

Three had an entero

Two had paraflu

and a few had what we call HRV C

Thanks to Katherine Arden and Cassandra Faux for helping me put these together back in 2008.

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The Bocavirus...

To the tune of Copacabana

Its name was boca, it was a parvo
No membrane just a shell, a tiny genome n’ there as well
It was found worldwide, but first in Sweden
And while it might yet be a star, its role remains unclear by far

Around a crowded globe, its mode of spread unknown
It was newly found and yet endemic
PCR helped show

Call it boca, the bocavirus
Quite close to a dog and cow virus
Call it boca, the bocavirus
Coughing and sneezing, expiratory wheezing
But the boca, was it a cause?

Its name was boca, and just this year
It was found in blood and stool, but isolation did not ensue
Although with EM, something was seen
And now systemic is where it’s at, PCR alone is falling flat

And so more questions flow, we still have far to go
Most often found with another virus
Co-detections rule!

Call it boca, the bocavirus
Quite close to a dog and cow virus
Call it boca, the bocavirus
Pneumonia and sneezing, expiratory wheezing
But the boca, its everywhere

Its name is boca, it raises questions
But two years later on, no real answers have been found
It is a virus, on that we’re certain
Still reports from far and near, describe detections everywhere

Sequences don’t change much, although two clades show up
We need more trials and more controls
But will that be enough?

Call it boca, the bocavirus
Quite close to a dog and cow virus
Call it boca, the bocavirus
Gastro and sneezing, expiratory wheezing
What does the boca, do to us?

Thanks to Katherine Arden and Cassandra Faux for helping me put these together back in 2007/8.

RSV retreated, flu fading, parainfluenza picking up: Queensland respiratory virus numbers up to Week 45, 2019

If you like to keep track of influenza cases in Queensland, Australia, then the Queensland Government's Queensland Health (QH) influenza data website is for you.

It's a great place to drop by and check out the comings and goings of influenza viruses and many of the other traditional respiratory viruses including adenoviruses (AdVs), parainfluenzaviruses (PIVs) 1, 2 and 3, human metapneumovirus (MPV) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - the "Big8". Testing is not routinely conducted for the rhinoviruses (RVs).

The snippet below is from data that are publicly reported on the QH website. These images cover to the week beginning 3rd of November (up to Sunday, Nov 10th, 2019).

The charts highlight that the 2019 flu season is winding down in Australia, also reflected by the WHO global updates. This year flu followed on from what seemed to have been a large RSV season. Unfortunately I couldn't find data for this same time period last year to compare RSV prevalence.

In the wake of influenzavirus season, the parainfluenzaviruses are now on the rise in the lead up to summer. I expect the RVs (and enteroviruses) are also climbing, but in greater numbers.

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A snippet from the Queensland Health Statewide Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report for 01.01.2019-10.11.2013

My thanks to the team at the Communicable Diseases Unit, Queensland Health.

The source of these data  can be read in full..

• http://www.health.qld.gov.au/ph/cdb/sru_influenza.asp
• WHO global influenza update http://www.who.int/influenza/surveillance_monitoring/updates/latest_update_GIP_surveillance/en/