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Article: Coronavirus HKU1 infection in the United States.
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
- Author:
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In 2005, a new human coronavirus, HCoV-HKU1, was identified in Hong Kong. We screened respiratory specimens collected from December 16, 2001, to December 15, 2002, from children
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Lower respiratory tract disease accounts for [approximately equal to] 4 million deaths annually worldwide (1). Viruses such as influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and parainfluenza viruses are responsible for much of this respiratory tract infection. However, in a substantial proportion of respiratory tract disease, no pathogen is identified (2).
Coronaviruses (CoV) infect a wide variety of mammals and birds, causing disease of the respiratory tract, ...