Is There Still Room for Novel Viral Pathogens in Pediatric Respiratory Tract Infections?: e113570

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 11
• Main Authors: Taboada, Blanca, Espinoza, Marco A, Isa, Pavel, Aponte, Fernando E, Arias-Ortiz, Maria A, Monge-Martinez, Jesus, Rodriguez-Vazquez, Ruben, Diaz-Hernandez, Fidel, Zarate-Vidal, Fernando, Wong-Chew, Rosa Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.11.2014
• Subjects: Astrovirus; Respiratory syncytial virus; Rhinovirus; Rotavirus

Viruses are the most frequent cause of respiratory disease in children. However, despite the advanced diagnostic methods currently in use, in 20 to 50% of respiratory samples a specific pathogen cannot be detected. In this work, we used a metagenomic approach and deep sequencing to examine respirato...