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This study aimed to characterize long-term epidemiological patterns of HRV in the Republic of Korea and assess their clinical and public health implications. We retrospectively analyzed 23,284 nasopharyngeal swab specimens collected between 2007 and 2024 from outpatients and inpatients presenting with influenza-like illness at a tertiary care hospital. HRV RNA was detected by Real-Time RT-PCR, and positivity rates were compared by year, month, and age group. Annual detection peaked in 2015 (31.3%) and 2016 (28.6%), then dropped sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020\u20132021, 4.2\u201311.0%) and remained low through 2024. Seasonally, rates were highest in July (24.4%) and September (24.1%) and lowest in January (6.9%). Age-specific analysis showed peak positivity in children (26.1%) and infants (20.3%), with lower rates in adults (3.9%) and older adults (3.3%). These findings underscore the diagnostic value of HRV detection and provide evidence for pediatric-focused prevention, outbreak preparedness, and climate-informed surveillance strategies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/pathogens14111098","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,28]],"date-time":"2025-10-28T14:29:34Z","timestamp":1761661774000},"page":"1098","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Eighteen Years of Human Rhinovirus Surveillance in the Republic of Korea (2007\u20132024): Age- and Season-Specific Trends from a Single-Center Study with Public Health Implications"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Yu Jeong","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Dankook University, Cheonan-si 31116, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-7003-8422","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jeong Su","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Dankook University, Cheonan-si 31116, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-0934-8445","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sung Hun","family":"Jang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Laser, Graduate School of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan-si 31116, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Research Center for Bio-Functional and Biocompatible Materials, Dankook University, Cheonan-si 31116, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8981-5705","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jae-Sik","family":"Jeon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Dankook University, Cheonan-si 31116, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1534-563X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jae Kyung","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Dankook University, Cheonan-si 31116, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"83","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev-virology-012420-022445","article-title":"Seasonality of respiratory viral infections","volume":"7","author":"Moriyama","year":"2020","journal-title":"Annu. 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