Human metapneumovirus infections in hospitalised infants in Spain

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 290-295

  García García, M Luz ^a   Calvo, C ^a   Martin F ^a   Perez Brena P ^b   Acosta, B ^b   Casas, I ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SPRING; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SPAIN;

EID: 33645692834     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.082388     Document Type: Article

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