id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-340280-m1j6v33y Jeon, Jae‐Hyun Incidence and seasonality of respiratory viruses causing acute respiratory infections in the Northern United Arab Emirates 2019-04-07 .txt text/plain 2983 179 47 OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to describe the molecular epidemiology and seasonality of acute respiratory infection (ARI)‐related respiratory viruses in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). 1, 5, 9 Contrary to the accumulating knowledge of ARIs in temperate regions, epidemiological research on acute respiratory viral illness in tropical and subtropical areas is limited, although the epidemiological diversity, according to local climate and latitude, has been well studied. 14 Our study was designed to describe the molecular epidemiology of ARI-related respiratory viruses, including the seasonality of the viruses in the northern UAE for over 2 years. 2, 24, 25 FLU was the most common respiratory virus in all age groups, and the positivity rate was 20.0%, which is similar to previous data reported from studies in Oman. 7,34 However, our data suggest that in the UAE, like in other temperate countries, a diverse set of respiratory viruses contribute to the ARI cases that compel patients to visit medical facilities, because of their severity. ./cache/cord-340280-m1j6v33y.txt ./txt/cord-340280-m1j6v33y.txt