Human metapneumovirus: Important but not currently diagnosable

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 374-375

  Van Burik, Jo Anne H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MMC 250 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN FIBROBLAST; VIRUS INFECTION; AGED; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; NOTE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645125131     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-5-200603070-00016     Document Type: Editorial

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