About the Authors

Christophe Marguet

christophe.marguet@chu-rouen.fr

Affiliation Respiratory Diseases, Allergy and CF Unit, Pediatric Department, Rouen University Hospital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France

Marc Lubrano

Affiliation Respiratory Diseases, Allergy and CF Unit, Pediatric Department, Rouen University Hospital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France

Marie Gueudin

Affiliation Department of Virology, Rouen University Hospital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France

Pascal Le Roux

Affiliation Respiratory Diseases, Allergy and CF Unit, Pediatric Department, Regional Hospital-Flaubert, Le Havre, France

Antoine Deschildre

Affiliation Respiratory Diseases, Allergy and CF Unit, Pediatric Department, Lille University Hospital Jeanne de Flandres, Lille, France

Chantal Forget

Affiliation Respiratory Diseases and Allergy Unit, Pediatric Department, Regional Hospital, Elbeuf, France

Laure Couderc

Affiliation Respiratory Diseases, Allergy and CF Unit, Pediatric Department, Rouen University Hospital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France

Daniel Siret

Affiliation Respiratory Diseases, Allergy and CF Unit, Pediatric Department, Regional Hospital Moulin du Pré, Saint-Nazaire, France

Marie-Dominique Donnou

Affiliation Pediatric Lung Function Tests and Respiratory Diseases Unit, Brest University Hospital, Morvan, Brest, France

Michael Bubenheim

Affiliation Biostatistics Department, Rouen University Hospital-Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France

Astrid Vabret

Affiliation Laboratory of Human and Molecular Virology, Caen University Hospital Clemenceau, Caen, France

François Freymuth

Affiliation Laboratory of Human and Molecular Virology, Caen University Hospital Clemenceau, Caen, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM FF. Performed the experiments: AV. Analyzed the data: CM MG MB AV FF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AV. Wrote the paper: CM FF. Contributed to the inclusion and follow up of the infants: ML PLR AD CF LC DS MDD. Acquisition of data: ML PLR AD CF LC DS MDD. Collection of data: ML PLR AD CF LC DS MDD. Participated to the collection of nasal secretions and identification of viruses, acquisition and interpretation of these results: MG AV. Revised the manuscript: ML MG PLR AD CF LC DS MDD AV FF. Contributed to the collection and the quality of the database and to the statistics: MB. Has full access to all of data: MB. Contributed to conception, design and analyses of virology: FF. Participated in the redaction of methods paragraphs and to the interpretation of the results of virology: FF.