title: Detection of human coronavirus strain HKU1 in a 2  years old girl with asthma exacerbation caused by acute pharyngitis.
abstract: Respiratory viral infections can trigger asthma attack which may lead to sever morbidity. In this report, using molecular methods, we show the chronological association between human coronavirus--HKU1 infection and asthma exacerbation in a two years and seven months old asthmatic girl who was not under treatment and was otherwise healthy.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, HamadanUniversity of Medical Sciences, HUMS, Hamadan, Iran.
authors.forename: Razieh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amini
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jahanshiri
authors.forename: Yasaman
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Amini
authors.forename: Zamberi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sekawi
authors.forename: Farid Azizi
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Jalilian
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology / Q000821:virology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000150:complications*