Human metapneumovirus in children tested at a tertiary-care hospital

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-26

  McAdam, Alexander J ^a,b   Hasenbein, Meredith E ^a   Feldman, Henry A ^a   Cole, Sarah E ^a,c   Offermamn, Jeffrey T ^a   Riley, Ann Marie ^a   Lieu, Tracy A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WINTER;

BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3042761417     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421120     Document Type: Article

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