ROLE OF NEWLY DETECTED ANDEMERGING VIRUSES IN CHILDHOODRESPIRATORY DISEASES -- ROLE OF NEWLY DETECTED ANDEMERGING VIRUSES IN CHILDHOODRESPIRATORY DISEASES -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter IHyperinflation in the Respiratory Tract:How Virus Discovery MethodsIncreased the Number of RespiratoryPathogens Identified in ChildhoodAirway Infections -- Introduction -- The Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) -- The Human Coronavirus NL63and the VIDISCA System -- The Human Bocavirus -- The Human Coronavirus HKU1 -- The Year 2007, a Peak in theInflation of Novel Viruses? -- Polyomaviruses KI and WU -- The Human Melaka Virus -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter IIThe Human Coronaviruses -- Abstract -- Human Coronaviruses, and ThenThere Were Two, Three, Four, Five, Four? -- Clinical Presentation ofHuman Coronavirus Infections -- Virus Receptors -- Antiviral Treatment -- Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter IIIInfections with the Human Bocavirus(HBoV) -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Discovery of HBoV -- Classification of HBoV -- Molecular Features -- Endocytosis and Endosomal Release -- Transcription -- Detection of HBoV Infections -- Clinical Aspects of HBoV Infection -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter IVRhinoviruses:Support Act or Main Event? -- Abbreviations -- Summary for the Practitioner -- Human Rhinoviruses: Background and Biology -- HRV Strains: They All Look Alike, Don't They? -- Detection and Epidemiology of the Rhinoviruses -- Seasonal Detection of Rhinoviruses:The Spring and Autumn of Our Discontent -- The Rate of Rhinovirus Detection -- PV-Picornavirus -- Clinical Features of Infection -- Rhinoviruses and Immunobiology -- Extra-Respiratory Detection of HRV Strains -- Risk Factors and ComorbiditiesAssociated with HRV Infection -- Therapeutic Options -- Rhinovirus Research in the 21st Century -- Conclusion.

Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter VHuman Metapneumovirus -- Discovery of hMPV -- Biology -- Epidemiology -- Clinical Manifestations -- Risk Factors and Comorbidities -- Coinfections with hMPV and other Viruses -- Nosocomial Transmission -- Laboratory Diagnosis -- Treatment Options -- Prevention -- Summary for the Practitioner -- References -- Chapter VICurrent Treatment of Viral LowerRespiratory Tract Infectionsin Childhood -- Abstract -- Definition of Lower RespiratoryTract Infections in Children -- Diagnosis of Viral LowerRespiratory Tract Infections -- Specific Antiviral Treatment of LowerRespiratory Tract Infectionsin Children (Table I) -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.