rhinoviruses

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rhinoviruses

A group of PICORNAVIRUSES that are the major cause of the common cold. There are well over a hundred distinguishable types.

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7% and a specificity of 100% for detecting enteroviruses and rhinoviruses but is unable to distinguish between them (13).

Enterovirus D68 infection in children with acute flaccid Myelitis, Colorado, USA, 2014

Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of human rhinoviruses

Association of Different Human Rhinovirus Species with Asthma in Children: A Preliminary Study

Human enterovirus 68 (HEV68) is a unique enterovirus that shares epidemiologic and biologic features with human rhinoviruses.

Clusters of acute respiratory illness associated with human enterovirus 68--Asia, Europe, and United States, 2008-2010

There are a possible 200 different kinds of viruses that cause the common cold and 100 different types of rhinoviruses.

NOT SO NICE AND SNEEZY; WINTER RAMPAGE OF COMMON COLD VIRUS: Scientists say there is no defence against bug

Since rhinoviruses, however, can be transmitted via aerosols (airborne droplets), avoiding close contact with those suffering from a cold is also important to stopping the spread of these viruses.

The nose knows: RSV and HRV

Rhinoviruses are responsible for about half of all colds.

Cure for common cold remains elusive, scientists conclude

The rhinoviruses that cause colds have been elusive targets for drugs.

A cure for the common cold may result from research analyzing the DNA of a family of viruses that's long been linked to the sniffles and achy muscles that result from infection

Colds are caused by rhinoviruses - 'rhino' actually means nose.

COLD OR FLU? In association with NHS DR SCOTT'S SURGERY

Because rhinoviruses can survive up to three hours outside the nasal passages on inanimate objects and skin, cleaning environmental surfaces with a virus-killing disinfectant might help prevent spread of infection.

Aspirin alert for children

Rhinoviruses and enteroviruses are the most common cause of respiratory infections in developed countries, but remarkably few data are available on the role of these picornaviruses in respiratory tract infections in the developing world.

The season cometh ... yet again!

The researchers hypothesize that infection with certain viruses--such as rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold--may damage the hippocampus of the human brain, and that recurrent colds could inflict cumulative damage eventually contributing to memory loss.

Recurrent viral infections may cause memory loss

A Most common colds are caused by any number of rhinoviruses that are invisible droplets in the air that we breathe or are on items we touch.