Frequency of human metapneumovirus in the upper respiratory tract of children with symptoms of an acute otitis media

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 400-401

  Schildgen, Oliver ^a   Geikowski, Tilman ^a   Glatzel, Thomas ^a   Schuster, Jochen ^b   Simon, Arne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Praxis Dr Nick Dr Schuster Dr Ahl   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE SIZE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ETIOLOGY; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; OTITIS MEDIA; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 20944433689     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-005-1655-6     Document Type: Article

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