The molecular epidemiology of respiratory viruses in military trainees in Iran

↑What is "already known" in this topic: Some previous studies reported that adenoviruses, influenza viruses, human rhinoviruses, and coronaviruses are the predominant viruses detected in the military population.However, there is no report on the prevalence of respiratory viruses in the military population in Iran and even in the Middle East.→What this article adds: Our findings have shown that 31% of all military trainees with respiratory infection were associated with different viral agents.Human rhinovirus (7.2%), human respiratory syncytial virus A (7.2%), and influenza B virus (6%) were the most frequently detected respiratory viruses in our study, followed by bocavirus (3%), influenza A H1N1 (2.2%), influenza A H3N2 (1.5%), human respiratory syncytial virus B (1.5%), adenovirus (1.5%), and human coronavirus 229E (0.7%).