Distribution and clinical impact of human respiratory syncytial virus genotypes in hospitalized children over 2 winter seasons

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-58

  Gilca, Rodica ^a,d   De Serres, Gaston ^a,b   Tremblay, Mireille ^c   Vachon, Marie Louise ^a   Leblanc, Eric ^c   Bergeron, Michel G ^a,c   Déry, Pierre ^a,c   Boivin, Guy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Ctr de S Pub de Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; WHEEZING; WINTER;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 29744445107     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498526     Document Type: Article

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