Viral co-infections among children with confirmed measles at hospitals in Hanoi, Vietnam, 2014.

Objective: To characterize viral co-infections among representative hospitalized measles cases during the 2014 Hanoi outbreak.

Methods: Throat swabs were collected from 54 pediatric patients with confirmed measles, and molecular diagnostics performed for 10 additional viral respiratory pathogens (Influenza A/H1N1pdm09; A/H3N2 and influenza B; Parainfluenza 1, 2, 3; Respiratory Synctial Virus, RSV; human Metapneumovirus, hMPV; Adenovirus and Picornavirus).

Results: Twenty-one cases (38.