Prevalence of human metapneumovirus and influenza virus infections among Japanese children during two successive winters

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 905-908

  Sasaki, Asami ^a,d   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Saito, Reiko ^a   Sato, Mizuho ^a   Sato, Isamu ^b   Sano, Yasuko ^c   Uchiyama, Makoto ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yoiko no Syonika Sato Clinic   (Japan)

^c Sano Clinic   (Japan)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coinfection; Epidemiology; Influenza; Metapneumovirus; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; OSELTAMIVIR;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FUSION GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUPERINFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WINTER;

EID: 26944490294     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000180984.61778.1e     Document Type: Article

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