Human metapneumovirus in severe respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 372-375

  Greensill, Julie ^a   McNamara, Paul S ^a   Dove, Winifred ^a   Flanagan, Brian ^a   Smyth, Rosalind L ^a   Hart, C Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSION GENE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG FLUID; LUNG LAVAGE; MATRIX GENE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NUCLEOPROTEIN GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037342564     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0903.020289     Document Type: Article

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