We sequenced the 29,751-base genome of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)–
associated coronavirus known as the Tor2 isolate. The genome sequence reveals that this …

Background Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has become the
primary method to diagnose viral diseases, including severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Background Influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) is generally interpreted in the context of
vaccine match/mismatch to circulating strains with evolutionary drift in the latter invoked to …

The isolation of human coronavirus NL63 (HCoV-NL63) in The Netherlands raised
questions about its contribution to respiratory illness. In this study, a total of 525 respiratory …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is characterized by a risk of nosocomial
transmission; however, the risk of airborne transmission of SARS is unknown. During the …

Human Bocavirus was detected in 18 (1.5%) of 1,209 respiratory specimens collected in
2003 and 2004 in Canada. The main symptoms of affected patients were cough (78%), fever …

Ligation‐mediated PCR was employed to quantify cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD)
formation at nucleotide resolution along exon 2 of the adenine phosphoribosyltransferase …

Critical Illness in an Adolescent with Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection | New England Journal
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Human metapneumovirus (hMPV), a newly discovered paramyxovirus, has been associated
with acute respiratory tract infections (ARIs) ranging from upper ARIs to severe bronchiolitis …

A new coronavirus has been implicated as the causative agent of severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS). We have used convalescent sera from several SARS patients to detect …