Clinical study of pediatric cases of acute respiratory diseases associated with human metapneumovirus in Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 127-129

  Takao, Shinichi ^b   Shimozono, Hiroyuki ^a   Kashiwa, Hiroshi ^a   Shimazu, Yukie ^b   Fukuda, Shinji ^b   Kuwayama, Masaru ^b   Miyazaki, Kazuo ^b  

^a MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; AGE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NASOPHARYNX; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUPERINFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0141519197     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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