Human metapneumovirus infection in the United States: Clinical manifestations associated with a newly emerging respiratory infection in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 1407-1410

  Esper, Frank ^a   Boucher, Derek ^a   Weibel, Carla ^a   Martinello, Richard A ^a   Kahn, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Human metapneumovirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING; ADENOVIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RESPIROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038798092     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.6.1407     Document Type: Article

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