Respiratory syncytial virus: G gene genotype and disease severity

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1000-1002

  Struck, Adelheid ^a   Forster, Johannes ^b,c   Ihorst, Gabriele ^b   Werchau, Hermann ^a   König, Wolfgang ^a   König, Brigitte ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c St Josefskrankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Disease severity; G gene diversity; Infants; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; G GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; VIRUS INFECTION;

VIRUS PROTEIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 16544387469     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000143652.86242.1c     Document Type: Article

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