Topics Covered
- Lower respiratory infections
- Global distribution of mortality among children
- Community-acquired pneumonia in children
- Causes of severe acute respiratory infections
- The three classifications of viruses
- Zoonosis: new viruses – Coronaviruses and SARS
- Avian influenza
- Hendra virus
- Nipah virus
- Emergence of new zoonotic viruses
- Newly recognized causes of ALRI – Rhinovirus
- Para-influenza 4
- Coronaviruses NL63 & HKU1
- Newly discovered viruses
- Human metapneumovirus
- Human bocavirus
- Polyomaviruses, WU and KI – Mimivirus
- Importance of newly discovered ALRTI causes
- Requirements for further research
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Talk Citation
Venter, M. and Hellferscee, O. (2013, July 11). Emerging or newly discovered viral causes of acute lower respiratory tract infections worldwide [Video file]. In
The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved September 27, 2023, from
https://hstalks.com/bs/2582/.
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Publication History
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Published on July 11, 2013
Financial Disclosures
- Dr. Marietjie Venter has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.
- Mrs. Orienka Hellferscee has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.