Detection of human coronavirus NL63 in young children with bronchiolitis
HCoV‐NL63, the fourth human coronavirus, has been isolated recently from children with respiratory tract infections, including upper respiratory infection, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia. The virus has been also detected in immunocompromised adults with respiratory tract infections. A total of 118 nas...
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Published in | Journal of medical virology Vol. 75; no. 3; pp. 463 - 465 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Hoboken
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
01.03.2005
Wiley-Liss |
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Summary: | HCoV‐NL63, the fourth human coronavirus, has been isolated recently from children with respiratory tract infections, including upper respiratory infection, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia. The virus has been also detected in immunocompromised adults with respiratory tract infections. A total of 118 nasopharyngeal swab samples from 118 hospitalized young children aged less than 2 years with bronchiolitis who were not infected with human respiratory syncytial virus, influenza A or B, or human metaneumovirus were selected. Three (2.5%) of the 118 samples were positive for HCoV‐NL63 by reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction tests. HCoV‐NL63 may be one of the causative agents of bronchiolitis in young children. J. Med. Virol. 75:463–465, 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. |
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Bibliography: | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan - No. 14657179 ArticleID:JMV20289 21st Century Center of Excellence for Zoonosis Control from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan ark:/67375/WNG-QWR1H87S-H istex:DE5E583C58518D5F0DDF06E31274894C439D3B08 ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 |
ISSN: | 0146-6615 1096-9071 |
DOI: | 10.1002/jmv.20289 |