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SUBMITTER: Smuts H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4634228 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Influenza and other respiratory viruses 20080701 4
<h4>Background</h4>Human coronavirus NL63 (HCoV-NL63) is a novel respiratory virus which is associated with respiratory tract infections in children.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the role of HCoV-NL63 in infants and young children hospitalised with acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) in Cape Town, South Africa.<h4>Methods</h4>Respiratory specimens were collected from 1055 infants and young children hospitalised with ARI in 2003-2004. Samples were screened by RT-PCR to detect HCoV-NL63 and ...[more]