id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-317533-xpfqdeqv Smuts, Heidi Human coronavirus NL63 infections in infants hospitalised with acute respiratory tract infections in South Africa 2008-07-24 .txt text/plain 2374 137 52 Objective To determine the role of HCoV‐NL63 in infants and young children hospitalised with acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) in Cape Town, South Africa. A number of respiratory viruses including influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), parainfluenza viruses, adenovirus and the recently described human metapneumovirus (hMPV) play an important role in acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) in children. In the South African setting, where the prevalence of HIV is high, all infant respiratory samples are routinely screened for CMV as in our setting this virus is a major cause of pneumonia in HIV-infected children. In conclusion these findings suggest that although HCoV-NL63 is circulating in the community it plays a minor role in severe respiratory tract infections in young children who require hospitalisation. A novel pancoronavirus RT-PCR assay: frequent detection of human coronavirus NL63 in children hospitalised with respiratory tract infections in Belgium Evidence of a novel human coronavirus that is associated with respiratory tract disease in infants and young children ./cache/cord-317533-xpfqdeqv.txt ./txt/cord-317533-xpfqdeqv.txt