Human rhinoviruses (HRVs), first discovered in the 1950s, are responsible for more than
one-half of cold-like illnesses and cost billions of dollars annually in medical visits and …

Background Incidence estimates of hospitalizations for community-acquired pneumonia
among children in the United States that are based on prospective data collection are …

Molecular diagnostics is one of the major growth areas of modern medicine, with real-time
PCR established as a qualitative and quantitative technology that is rapid, accurate and …

Emerging and reemerging viruses are responsible for a number of recent epidemic
outbreaks. A crucial step in predicting and controlling outbreaks is the timely and accurate …

Background Since the worldwide spread of SARS-CoV-2, different European countries
reacted with temporary national lockdowns with the aim to limit the virus transmission in the …

Summary Background The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is an
emerging virus involved in cases and case clusters of severe acute respiratory infection in …

Background Declining serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D seen in the fall and
winter as distance increases from the equator may be a factor in the seasonal increased …

Background. The clinical significance of viruses detected in patients with community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP) is often unclear. Methods. We conducted a prospective study to …

Background: Prospective data on viral etiology and clinical characteristics of bronchiolitis
and upper respiratory illness (URI) in infants are limited. Methods: This prospective cohort …

Background. The contribution of human rhinovirus (HRV) to severe acute respiratory illness
(ARI) is unclear. Objective. To assess the association between HRV species detection and …