Background The ongoing outbreak of the recently emerged novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
poses a challenge for public health laboratories as virus isolates are unavailable while there …

The final months of 2019 witnessed the emergence of a novel coronavirus in the human
population. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has since spread …

Background An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus subtype H7N7 started
at the end of February, 2003, in commercial poultry farms in the Netherlands. Although the …

Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is associated with subsequent recurrent
wheeze. Observational studies cannot determine whether RSV infection is the cause of …

In late December 2019, a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology were reported
linked to a market in Wuhan, China 1 . The causative agent was identified as the species …

Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of acute lower
respiratory infection in young children. We previously estimated that in 2015, 33·1 million …

In Europe, the 2007–08 winter season was dominated by influenza virus A (H1N1)
circulation through week 7, followed by influenza B virus from week 8 onward. Oseltamivir-resistant …

The prevailing hypothesis is that the intracellular site of budding of coronaviruses is determined
by the localization of its membrane protein M (previously called E1). We tested this by …

Eurosurveillance | Low levels of respiratory syncytial virus activity in Europe during the 2020/21
season: what can we expect in the coming summer and autumn/winter? 1887 Other sites…

Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of hospitalisation in infants.
The burden of RSV infection in healthy term infants has not yet been established. Accurate …