Human coronavirus NL63 infection and other coronavirus infections in children hospitalized with acute respiratory disease in Hong Kong, China

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1721-1729

  Chiu, Susan S ^a   Chan, Kwok Hung ^a   Chu, Ka Wing ^a   Kwan, See Wai ^a   Guan, Yi ^a   Poon, Leo Lit Man ^a   Peiris, J S M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN CORONAVIRUS 229E; HUMAN CORONAVIRUS NL63; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 20444365774     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430301     Document Type: Article

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