Evidence of Human Metapneumovirus in Children in Argentina

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 299-303

  Galiano, Mónica ^a   Videla, Cristina ^a   Puch, Silvia Sánchez ^a   Martínez, Alfredo ^a   Echavarría, Marcela ^a   Carballal, Guadalupe ^a  

^a CEMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acute lower respiratory infections in children; Human metapneumovirus; Viral respiratory infections in Argentina

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; OXYGENATION; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ARGENTINA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 0345802990     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10536     Document Type: Article

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