Human metapneumovirus infection in the Canadian population

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4642-4646

  Bastien, Nathalie ^a   Ward, Diane ^a   Van Caeseele, Paul ^b   Brandt, Ken ^c   Lee, Spencer H S ^d   McNabb, Gail ^e   Klisko, Brian ^b   Chan, Edward ^c   Li, Yan ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CADHAM PROVINCIAL LABORATORY   (Canada)

^c Provincial Laboratory   (Canada)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CANADA; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; F GENE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0141889253     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4642-4646.2003     Document Type: Article

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