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investigation of viral infection in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis among iranian patients in tehran.

idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (ipf) is a progressive lung disease, which can be lethal with chronic complications. viral infections may be associated with ipf and other fibrotic lung diseases. in the present study, we investigate for the first time in iran the related viral etiology of ipf in order to detect three respiratory viruses; human adenovirus, enterovirus and bocavirus.