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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, Sept. 2005, p. 4567–4573 0095-1137/05/$08.00⫹0 doi:10.1128/JCM.43.9.4567–4573.2005 Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Vol. 43, No. 9

Human Coronavirus NL-63 Infections in Children: a 1-Year Study Nathalie Bastien,1 Joan L. Robinson,2 Alena Tse,2 Bonita E. Lee,2 Laura Hart,1 and Yan Li1* National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba,1 and Department of Pediatrics and Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta,2 Canada Received 17 May 2005/Returned for modification 18 June 2005/Accepted 25 June 2005

Human coronavirus NL63 (HCoV-NL63), a newly discovered coronavirus, has been associated with acute respiratory tract infections (ARI). Important questions pertaining to the contribution of HCoV-NL63 to ARI and its impact on public health remain. We reviewed HCoV-NL63 in specimens collected from 13 November 2002 to 31 December 2003 from the Stollery Children’s Hospital on patients of