Influenza C virus (ICV) is a common yet under-recognized cause of acute respiratory illness.
ICV seropositivity has been found to be as high as 90% by 7–10 years of age, suggesting …

Though several antivirals have been developed and marketed to treat influenza virus
infections, the development of antiviral agents with clinical activity against other respiratory …

Of the Orthomyxoviridae family of viruses, only influenza A viruses are thought to exist as
multiple subtypes and has non-human maintenance hosts. In April 2011, nasal swabs were …

Laboratory diagnosis of viral respiratory infections is generally performed by virus isolation
in cell culture and immunofluorescent assays. Reverse transcriptase PCR is now recognized …

Viruses are the major cause of pediatric acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI) and yet many
suspected cases of infection remain uncharacterized. We employed 17 PCR assays and …

Three multiplex hemi-nested RT-PCR assays were developed to detect simultaneously 12
RNA respiratory viruses: influenza viruses A, B and C, human respiratory syncytial virus …

Community respiratory viruses (CRVs) have been recognized as a potential cause of
pneumonia and death among hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients and …

Conventional fluorescent-antibody (FA) methods were compared to real-time PCR assays
for detection of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza virus type A (FluA), parainfluenza …

There is a need for rapid, sensitive, and accurate diagnosis of lower respiratory tract
infections in children, elderly, and immunocompromised patients, who are susceptible to …

Aim: We have designed a study with the objective of describing the clinical impact of other
viruses different from the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in hospitalized infants with …