Human Coronavirus Infections in Rural Thailand: A Comprehensive Study Using Real‐Time Reverse‐Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays

Abstract

HCoV infections were infrequently detected in rural Thailand by use of sensitive real-time RT-PCR assays. We found no association between HCoV infection and illness. However, we noted year-to-year variation in the prevalence of HCoV strains, which likely influenced our results.