Characterization of human coronavirus etiology in Chinese adults with acute upper respiratory tract infection by real-time RT-PCR assays.

BACKGROUND: In addition to SARS associated coronaviruses, 4 non-SARS related human coronaviruses (HCoVs) are recognized as common respiratory pathogens. The etiology and clinical impact of HCoVs in Chinese adults with acute upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) needs to be characterized systemati...

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Main Authors: Roujian Lu, Xiaoyan Yu, Wen Wang, Xijie Duan, Linglin Zhang, Weimin Zhou, Jin Xu, Lingjie Xu, Qin Hu, Jianxin Lu, Li Ruan, Zhong Wang, Wenjie Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3376151?pdf=render