Respiratory coronavirus infections in children younger than two years of age

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 164-166

  Nokso Koivisto, Johanna ^a,b   Pitkäranta, Anne ^a   Blomqvist, Soile ^b   Kilpi, Terhi ^b   Hovi, Tapani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Department of Virology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Human coronavirus; Otitis media; Respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FINLAND; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EAR, MIDDLE; HUMANS; INFANT; NASOPHARYNX; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0343851643     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200002000-00016     Document Type: Article

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