Despite great advances in medicine, the common cold continues to be a great burden on
society in terms of human suffering and economic losses. Of the several viruses that cause …

Clinical laboratories historically diagnose seven or eight respiratory virus infections using a
combination of techniques including enzyme immunoassay, direct fluorescent antibody …

Background The worldwide outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is
associated with a newly discovered coronavirus, SARS-associated coronavirus (SARSCoV) …

Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a condition of unknown cause
that has recently been recognized in patients in Asia, North America, and Europe. This …

Background We sought to determine the role of human metapneumovirus in lower
respiratory tract illness in previously healthy infants and children. Methods We tested nasal …

Human metapneumovirus virus (hMPV) is a newly discovered respiratory pathogen with
limited epidemiological data available. Cohorts of young and older adults were …

The virological features and clinical findings associated with the new human
metapneumovirus (HMPV) were examined retrospectively in Canadian patients hospitalized …

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a newly discovered pathogen thought to be associated
with respiratory disease. We report the results of a study of 587 children hospitalized with …

The appearance of eight new respiratory viruses, including the SARS coronavirus in 2003
and swine-origin influenza A/H1N1 in 2009, in the human population in the past nine years …

During a 17-month period, we performed retrospective analyses of the prevalence of and
clinical symptoms associated with human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection, among …