What we know: Respiratory viral infections caused by rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, influenza, parainfluenza and respiratory syncytial viruses (RSVs) are important triggers of asthma attacks. Mycoplasma and Chlamydia infections can also provoke asthma attacks, although less commonly. RSV infections probably do not cause asthma, but are potent triggers of wheezing, with the result that RSV infecti...

Chemoprophylaxis of certain respiratory infections has been described. The benefit and cost of chemoprophylaxis of tuberculosis have been compared and indications outlined. While some protection against influenzal infection by drugs of the adamantane group has been demonstrated, chemoprophylaxis against respiratory virus infections is as yet unavailable or impractical. In diseases associated wi...

Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in young children worldwide. ALRIs are important indicators of the health disparities that persist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in developed countries. Bronchiolitis and pneumonia account for the majority of the ALRI burden. The epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of these diseases in ...

Case Report: Some viruses have been reported to cause respiratory and gastroenteric infections simultaneously. In this case we present isolation of human respiratory virus (RSV) type B from diarrheal sample of a 12 months' child with acute gastroenteritis. Results: The results indicated the presence of RSV subtype B genome in all three stool samples. Moreover, no sign of co-infections with oth...