Characterization of human metapneumovirus infections in Israel

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1484-1489

  Regev, Liora ^a,c   Hindiyeh, Musa ^a   Shulman, Lester M ^a   Barak, Asher ^b   Levy, Virginia ^a   Azar, Roberto ^a   Shalev, Yael ^a   Grossman, Zehava ^a   Mendelson, Ella ^a,b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VERO CELLS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; INFLUENZAVIRUS B; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 33645903202     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.4.1484-1489.2006     Document Type: Article

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