First infection by all four non-severe acute respiratory syndrome human coronaviruses takes place during childhood
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First infection by all four non-severe acute respiratory syndrome human coronaviruses takes place during childhood
BACKGROUND Non-severe acute respiratory syndrome (non-SARS)-related human coronaviruses (HCoVs), including HCoV-229E, -HKU1, -NL63, and -OC43, have been detected in respiratory tract samples from children and adults. However, the natural prevalence of antibodies against these viruses in serum among population is unknown. METHODS To measure antibodies to the spike (S) protein of the four commo...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-433