… Human influenza A H5N1 virus related to a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus—In this
article by Eric CJ Claas and colleagues (Feb 14, p 472), there are two errors in figure 1. In …

Influenza is the paradigm of a viral disease in which the continued evolution of the virus is of
paramount importante for annual epidemics and occasional pandemics of disease in …

Four human coronaviruses (HCoV-229E, HCoV-HKU1, HCoV-NL63, and HCoV-OC43) are
associated with a range of respiratory outcomes, including bronchiolitis and pneumonia. …

Laboratory diagnosis of viral respiratory infections is generally performed by virus isolation
in cell culture and immunofluorescent assays. Reverse transcriptase PCR is now recognized …

The term metagenomics refers to the use of sequencing methods to simultaneously identify
genomic material from all organisms present in a sample, with the advantage of greater …

Background . Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains an important cause of morbidity
and mortality. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been shown to be more sensitive …

Serology and nucleic acid amplification are the main diagnostic tools for the diagnosis of
Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Since no reference standard is generally accepted, …

Objectives To describe the role of bacteria (including bacterial resistance), viruses (including
those recently described) and mixed bacterial–viral infections in adults presenting to …

Introduction Meningoencephalitis patients are often severely impaired and benefit from early
etiological diagnosis, though many cases remain without identified cause. Metagenomics …

Adenoviruses have been recognized as important pathogens in immunocompromised hosts.
Particularly in pediatric allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients, the morbidity of the …