For viral infections, an upper respiratory tract swab may be necessary, and for suspected tuberculosis, a GeneXpert test might be ordered. Radiological investigations like chest X-rays or CT scans ...

Purpose: Evidence on the efficacy and safety of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for the prevention and treatment of upper-respiratory-tract infection (URTI) in children is reviewed.

Poor study design, small sample size, and inadequate or unknown power within a majority of the trials make it difficult to formulate conclusions regarding the efficacy and safety of various CAM ...

According to Dr Fyezah Jehan, head of Paediatrics and Child Health at the Aga Khan University, HMPV is known to cause upper respiratory tract infections and has flu-like symptoms such as cough ...

HMPV is a flu-like virus that leads to a mild infection of the upper respiratory tract. It was first identified in the Netherlands in 2001 and is spread through contact with an infected person or ...

Previously, most cases of upper respiratory tract infections caused by HMPV went undetected, not because the virus was absent, but because such advanced and costly diagnostic tests were not ...

“That’s a routine virus that commonly causes upper respiratory tract infections, such as bronchitis that might cause cough and sinuses,” says Dr. Paul Auwaerter, clinical director of the ...

HMPV stands for "human metapneumovirus" and generally causes a mild infection of the upper respiratory tract. It spreads via person-to-person contact or when someone touches a contaminated surface.

The virus leads to a mild upper respiratory tract infection for most people. It is usually almost indistinguishable from flu. Symptoms for most people include a cough, a fever and blocked nose.

Despite the restrictions, by the following year, scientists at WIV had created a highly infectious chimeric virus that targeted the human upper respiratory tract, although they continued to claim ...