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Arrrrr on the rise (Rhinovirus, RSV and RATs)

Posted onMarch 19, 2022March 26, 2022

Anecdotally there are a lot of acute respiratory virus infections ripping through the community where I live. Particularly noticeable in schools but also workplaces. Yes, there is SARS-CoV-2 among these Read More …

CategoriesRhinovirus, SARS-CoV-2, Transmission

Thank goodness we did all the work

Posted onJanuary 29, 2022January 29, 20226 Comments

Thank goodness we didn’t hold off on opening up to see what Omicron was capable of. We had to have Christmas. And there were national cabinet agreements. Anyway, how could Read More …

CategoriesAerosols, Communication, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Editorial, Enterovirus, Influenza, Parechovirus, Rhinovirus, SARS-CoV-2, Transmission

Rhinovirus rampant or testing triumphant?

Posted onJune 27, 2020September 14, 202017 Comments

Turns out, this physical distancing thing actually works as advertised. Who would have thought that keeping the things viruses need for their survival – hosts full of cells – far Read More …

CategoriesCOVID-19, Picornavirus, Rhinovirus

How many common cold viruses in one place, in one season?

Posted onSeptember 2, 2018September 22, 20203 Comments

I was recently asked how many common cold viruses are among us at a given time? The short answer is – dozens!  In the past, I’ve written a few reviews (for Read More …

CategoriesRhinovirusTagscommon cold, epidemiology, genotype, molecular epidemiology, PCR, rhinovirus

During the first 4 weeks of life “common cold” viruses occur frequently and can make your little one sick….

Posted onAugust 31, 2018May 19, 2019

Not much is known about the number of, and the burden due to, virus infections that happen during the very first four weeks of life – called the “neonatal period“. Read More …

CategoriesRhinovirusTagscommunity cohort, ORChID, respiratory virus, rhinovirus

Only effective vaccines can protect us from respiratory viruses because we’re us

Posted onAugust 24, 2018August 25, 2018

As winter wraps up in Australia, it’s become quite clear that – barring a very unusual late burst of activity – the 2018 influenza (flu) season has passed Australia by with Read More …

CategoriesInfluenza, RhinovirusTagscommon cold, epidemic, Flu, household, influenza, outbreak, pandemic, respiratory viruses, vaccine

Rhinovirus C makes use of less regulation…

Posted onNovember 21, 2017July 13, 2019

A new Australian study may help to explain why asthmatics have trouble suppressing the inflammation triggered by respiratory virus infections.[1] And it’s to do with Rhinovirus C. In particular, the Read More …

CategoriesPicornavirus, Rhinovirus

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