Human metapneumovirus: A newly described respiratory pathogen of humans

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 17-20

  Domachowske, Joseph B ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; COMMON COLD; GENE SEQUENCE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PNEUMOVIRINAE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0037314692     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-4399(03)80024-7     Document Type: Article

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