Characteristics of viral pneumonia in the COVID-19 era: an update

P Pagliano, C Sellitto, V Conti, T Ascione, S Esposito - Infection, 2021 - Springer
Influenza virus, rhinovirus, and adenovirus frequently cause viral pneumonia, an important
cause of morbidity and mortality especially in the extreme ages of life. During the last two …

Application of PCR-based methods to assess the infectivity of enteric viruses in environmental samples

RA Rodríguez, IL Pepper, CP Gerba - Applied and environmental …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
The advent of the PCR has greatly enhanced our ability to detect human enteric viral
pathogens in the environment, including water, municipal wastes, sewage, food, air, and …

A rapid and label-free platform for virus capture and identification from clinical samples

YT Yeh, K Gulino, YH Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of rapid and simple techniques for the enrichment of viruses prior to metagenomic virus discovery

RJ Hall, J Wang, AK Todd, AB Bissielo, S Yen… - Journal of virological …, 2014 - Elsevier
The discovery of new or divergent viruses using metagenomics and high-throughput
sequencing has become more commonplace. The preparation of a sample is known to have …

Viral and atypical bacterial detection in acute respiratory infection in children under five years

PGM Bezerra, MCA Britto, JB Correia, MCMB Duarte… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in
children worldwide. This study aimed to determine the viral and atypical bacterial causes of …

Targeting membrane-bound viral RNA synthesis reveals potent inhibition of diverse coronaviruses including the middle East respiratory syndrome virus

A Lundin, R Dijkman, T Bergström, N Kann… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Coronaviruses raise serious concerns as emerging zoonotic viruses without specific antiviral
drugs available. Here we screened a collection of 16671 diverse compounds for anti-human …

Respiratory illness virus infections with special emphasis on COVID-19

L Gandhi, D Maisnam, D Rathore, P Chauhan… - European journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Viruses that emerge pose challenges for treatment options as their uniqueness would not
know completely. Hence, many viruses are causing high morbidity and mortality for a long …

Respiratory viral coinfections identified by a 10-plex real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assay in patients hospitalized with severe acute …

MA Pretorius, SA Madhi, C Cohen… - The Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background. Data about respiratory coinfections with 2009 pandemic influenza A virus
subtype H1N1 during the 2009–2010 influenza pandemic in Africa are limited. We used an …

Virological and clinical characterizations of respiratory infections in hospitalized children

S Bicer, T Giray, D Çöl, GÇ Erdağ, A Vitrinel… - Italian journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Background The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and seasonal
distribution of viral etiological agents and to compare their clinical manifestations and …

Etiology and Incidence of viral and bacterial acute respiratory illness among older children and adults in rural western Kenya, 2007–2010

DR Feikin, MK Njenga, G Bigogo, B Aura, G Aol, A Audi… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Few comprehensive data exist on disease incidence for specific etiologies of
acute respiratory illness (ARI) in older children and adults in Africa. Methodology/Principal …