By using the NPA samples from hospitalization, quantitative RT-PCR assays were conducted at Baylor College of Medicine, as previously described, for 17 viruses: RSV (types A and B), rhinovirus, influenza (types A and B and 2009 novel H1N1), human metapneumovirus, human bocavirus, parainfluenza viruses (types 1, 2, and 3), adenovirus, enterovirus, and coronaviruses (NL-63, OC-43, HKU1, and 229E).16
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