The recent spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
exemplifies the critical need for accurate and rapid diagnostic assays to prompt clinical and …

An accurate laboratory diagnosis of influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and other
respiratory viruses can help to guide patient management, antiviral therapy, infection …

Background Declining serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D seen in the fall and
winter as distance increases from the equator may be a factor in the seasonal increased …

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was first detected in the Pacific Northwest region of the
United States in January 2020, with subsequent COVID-19 outbreaks detected in all 50 …

With the emergence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
variants that may increase transmissibility and/or cause escape from immune responses …

Summary The SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant rose to dominance in mid-2021, likely propelled by
an estimated 40%–80% increased transmissibility over Alpha. To investigate if this …

Kawasaki disease is a systemic vasculitis of childhood; its etiology is unknown. We identified
evidence of a novel human coronavirus, designated “New Haven coronavirus”(HCoVNH), in …

Abstract Background Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a newly identified human parvovirus that
was originally identified in the respiratory secretions of children with respiratory tract …

Initial replication of SARS-CoV-2 in the upper respiratory tract is required to establish
infection, and the replication level correlates with the likelihood of viral transmission. Here …

Background During the 2009 pandemic of an emerging influenza A virus (IAV;
H1N1pdm09), data from several European countries indicated that the spread of the virus …