Seasonal Coronaviruses and Other Neglected Respiratory Viruses: A Global Perspective and a Local Snapshot.

Autor:	Ljubin-Sternak S; Clinical Microbiology Department, Andrija Štampar Teaching Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia.; Medical Microbiology Department, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia., Meštrović T; Clinical Microbiology and Parasitology Unit, Zora Profozić Polyclinic, Zagreb, Croatia.; University Centre Varaždin, University North, Varaždin, Croatia., Lukšić I; Clinical Microbiology Department, Andrija Štampar Teaching Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia., Mijač M; Clinical Microbiology Department, Andrija Štampar Teaching Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia.; Medical Microbiology Department, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia., Vraneš J; Clinical Microbiology Department, Andrija Štampar Teaching Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia.; Medical Microbiology Department, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2021 Jul 05; Vol. 9, pp. 691163. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 05 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI:	10.3389/fpubh.2021.691163
Abstrakt:	Respiratory viral infections are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the world; however, there are several groups of viruses that are insufficiently routinely sought for, and can thus be considered neglected from a diagnostic and clinical standpoint. Timely detection of seasonality of certain respiratory viruses (e.g., enveloped viruses such as seasonal coronaviruses) in the local context can aid substantially in targeted and cost-effective utilization of viral diagnostic approaches. For the other, non-enveloped and year-round viruses (i.e., rhinovirus, adenovirus, and bocavirus), a continuous virological diagnosis needs to be implemented in clinical laboratories to more effectively address the aetiology of respiratory infections, and assess the overall impact of these viruses on disease burden. While the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is still actively unfolding, we aimed to emphasize the persistent role of seasonal coronaviruses, rhinoviruses, adenoviruses and bocaviruses in the aetiology of respiratory infections. Consequently, this paper concentrates on the burden and epidemiological trends of aforementioned viral groups on a global level, but also provides a snapshot of their prevalence patterns in Croatia in order to underscore the potential implications of viral seasonality. An overall global prevalence in respiratory tract infections was found to be between 0.5 and 18.4% for seasonal coronaviruses, between 13 and 59% for rhinoviruses, between 1 and 36% for human adenoviruses, and between 1 and 56.8% for human bocaviruses. A Croatian dataset on patients with respiratory tract infection and younger than 18 years of age has revealed a fairly high prevalence of rhinoviruses (33.4%), with much lower prevalence of adenoviruses (15.6%), seasonal coronaviruses (7.1%), and bocaviruses (5.3%). These insights represent a relevant discussion point in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic where the testing of non-SARS-CoV-2 viruses has been limited in many settings, making the monitoring of disease burden associated with other respiratory viruses rather difficult. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2021 Ljubin-Sternak, Meštrović, Lukšić, Mijač and Vraneš.)
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