Association of TT virus primary infection with rhinitis in a newborn [5]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 128-129

  Biagini, Philippe ^a   Charrel, Rémi N ^b   De Micco, Philippe ^a,b   De Lamballerie, Xavier ^b,c  

^a Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Virologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINITIS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 0037232719     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345552     Document Type: Letter

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