Four species of human bocavirus (HBoV) have been recently discovered and classified in
the Bocavirus genus (family Parvoviridae, subfamily Parvovirinae). Although detected both in …

… Companies/Organizations: T. Jartti has received a grant from the Sigrid Juselius Foundation.
JE Gern has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institutes of …

… Airway inflammation in asthma may predispose to viral infections, and biased immune
functions in asthma (T helper 2 cell polarized immune responses inhibit T helper 1 cell responses, …

Background . Human bocavirus is a newly discovered parvovirus. It has been detected primarily
in children with acute lower respiratory tract infection, but its occurrence, clinical profile, …

The purpose of this study was to compare the applicability of four different measures of heart
rate variability (HRV) in the assessment of cardiac vagal outflow, with special reference to …

We studied the viral etiology of acute expiratory wheezing (bronchiolitis, acute asthma) in
293 hospitalized children in a 2-year prospective study in Finland. A potential causative viral …

Background. Influenza vaccination of healthy children is encouraged because children are
frequently hospitalized for influenza-attributable illnesses. However, most children with …

A new respiratory virus, human metapneumovirus, was recently identified. We detected this
virus by PCR in ten (8%) of 132 consecutive children admitted to Turku Hospital, Finland, for …

Background Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) are the most prevalent human pathogens, and consist
of 101 serotypes that are classified into groups A and B according to sequence variations…

The persistence of rhinovirus and enterovirus RNAs was studied in the nasal secretions of
children with acute expiratory wheezing (median age: 1.7 years). On admission, 84 samples …