Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are the third most common cause of mortality and morbidity in the world and hence cause a considerable burden on the healthcare system. 1 Viruses cause most of the acute respiratory infections (ARIs).Among RTIs, lower RTIs (LRTIs) are more severe and are the fifth leading cause of mortality in the world. 2 The most common viruses causing respiratory illness include picornaviruses (rhinoviruses and enteroviruses), influenza viruses (Influenza A and Influenza B), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), parainfluenza viruses (PIVs), endemic human coronaviruses, adenoviruses, and human metapneumovirus (HMPV).Bocavirus and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) are less common.3 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, focus at all levels was on monitoring SARS-CoV-2 from April 2020 to late 2022.Biosafety level 2 (BSL-2) laboratories with facilities to perform reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were set up all over India.As it waned, attention was also given to the seasonal respiratory viruses, which reemerged-Influenza A, Influenza B, their different subtypes, and RSV.
Authors: Ranjani Shamsundar, Renu Mathew, Sonya Joy, Mallika K Reddy, Kavitha MP, Sheena K, Linjumole Joy, Gaurav Goel, Reena John, Manjusree S, Ansu Sam, Archana Sasimohan, Subha Sundaramoorthy, Kayalvizhi E, Vinitha M Joy, Julie A, Ann T George, Lakshminarayana SA, Sheeba PM, Manasi Ravindranath, Kavita Raja, Sharadadevi MY, Preeti Maste, Smitha S, Anjana Gopi
Institutions: St.John's Medical College Hospital, Rajagiri Hospital, Narayana Health, Tata Medical Center, Government Medical College, Amala Institute of Medical Sciences, Moulana Hospital, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Government of Kerala, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, MVJ Medical College and Research Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7117141469