Outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Norwegian Children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 436-440

  Døllner, Henrik ^a   Risnes, Kari ^a   Radtke, Andreas ^a   Nordbø, Svein Arne ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Children; Human metapneumovirus; Norway; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; AGE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; CELL CULTURE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LARYNGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; RHINOVIRUS; SYMPTOM; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VOMITING;

BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NORWAY; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 2442648125     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000126401.21779.74     Document Type: Article

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