Editorial commentary: Etiologies of acute respiratory tract infections

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 503-506

  Mandell, Lionel A ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HENDERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CORONAVIRUS; EDITORIAL; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NETHERLANDS; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS; THROAT CULTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; COMMON COLD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NOTE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; COMMON COLD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 23244442214     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432019     Document Type: Editorial

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