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Croup Is Associated with the Novel Coronavirus NL63

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Authors

Lia van der Hoek · University of Amsterdam

Klaus Sure · Ruhr University Bochum

Gabriele Ihorst · University Medical Center Freiburg

Alexander Stang · Ruhr University Bochum

Krzysztof Pyrć · University of Amsterdam

Maarten F. Jebbink · Academic Medical Center

Gudula Petersen

Abstract

HCoV-NL63 infections occur frequently in young children with LRTI and show a strong association with croup, suggesting a causal relationship.

Topics & Keywords

Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS Medicine

Volume 2, Issue 8, pp. e240-e240

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020240

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 10.41

Croup Is Associated with the Novel Coronavirus NL63 | Researchclopedia

Johannes Förster

· St. Josefskrankenhaus Freiburg

Ben Berkhout · University of Amsterdam

Klaus Überla · Ruhr University Bochum