Epidemiological and Antigenic Analysis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Hospitalised Tunisian Children, from 2000 to 2002

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 683-687

  Fodha, I ^a   Vabret, A ^b   Trabelsi, A ^a   Freymuth, F ^b  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; PCR; Respiratory syncytial virus groups; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; RAIN;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TUNISIA; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; NASOPHARYNX; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; RAIN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; TEMPERATURE; TUNISIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 1542304503     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20038     Document Type: Article

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