Background Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has become the
primary method to diagnose viral diseases, including severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Importance There are limited high-quality, population-level data about the effect of SARS-CoV-2
infection on pregnancy using contemporaneous comparator cohorts. Objectives To …

Human Bocavirus was detected in 18 (1.5%) of 1,209 respiratory specimens collected in 2003
and 2004 in Canada. The main symptoms of affected patients were cough (78%), fever (67…

With emergence of pandemic COVID-19, rapid and accurate diagnostic testing is essential.
This study compared laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) used for the detection of SARS-CoV-…

BACKGROUND: The role of children in the transmission and community spread of severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is unclear. We aimed to quantify the …

… used, with a physical dust model, to construct maps of dust surface density, dust-to-gas …
dust/gas ratio varies from M d/MH≈ 0.026 at the center to∼ 0.0027 at R≈ 25 kpc. From the dust…

Human bocavirus was detected by PCR in 65 (5.1%) of 1,265 respiratory specimens collected
in 2002 and 2003 from the Stollery Children's Hospital from children <17 years of age. …

The global COVID-19 pandemic has led to the rapid development of tests for detection of
SARS-CoV-2. Studies are required to assess the relative performance of different assays. Here, …

… dust temperatures in the range from ~20 to ~100 K. Further, with a detection limit of L d /L ⋆
few times 10 -7 , PACS 100 μm has the ability to reveal dust … temperatures around 100 K, and …

The recent emergence of a severe respiratory disease caused by enterovirus D68 prompted
investigation into whether Canadian hospital and provincial laboratories can detect this …