Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) causes a major burden to the health
care system among children under-5 years worldwide. Information on respiratory viruses in …

Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death in
children worldwide and a substantial proportion of childhood CAP is caused by viruses. A …

Background Acute respiratory infections are the leading cause of mortality in children
worldwide, especially in developing countries. Pneumonia accounts for 16% of all deaths of …

Background: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a significant cause for
childhood morbidity worldwide. We designed a study with the objective of describing the …

Please cite this paper as: Esposito et al.(2012) Impact of viral infections in children with
community‐acquired pneumonia: results of a study of 17 respiratory viruses. Influenza and …

The occurrence of viral coinfections in childhood pneumonia has received little attention,
probably because suitable detection methods have been lacking. Between November 2004 …

Background Respiratory viruses are increasingly detected in children with community-
acquired pneumonia but prevalence estimates vary substantially. We aimed to …

Background: Respiratory viruses such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza,
parainfluenza and human metapneumovirus are well-established etiologies of acute lower …

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and
mortality in children worldwide. In this study, we aimed to describe the aetiology of viral …

Several studies examining the incidence of viral infection in childhood community‐acquired
pneumonia (CAP) utilizing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or real‐time PCR methods …