Human metapneumovirus: A newly emerging respiratory pathogen

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-258

  Kahn, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human metapneumovirus; Respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOM; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WHEEZING;

EID: 0037607129     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-200306000-00012     Document Type: Review

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