Quantification of adenovirus in the lower respiratory tract of patients without clinical adenovirus-related respiratory disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1541-1544

  Leung, Anskar Yu Hung ^a   Chan, Maggie ^a   Cheng, Vincent Chi Chung ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a   Kwong, Yok Lam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CARRIER STATE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 18244380562     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429627     Document Type: Article

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