Respiratory Syncytial Virus Group A and B Genotypes and Disease Severity among Cuban Children

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 543-547

  Savón, Clara ^a   Goyenechea, Angel ^a   Valdés, Odalys ^a   Aguilar, José ^b   González, Grehete ^a   Palerm, Lídice ^a   Gonzalez, Guelsys ^a   Breña, Pilar Pérez ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Illness severity; PCR; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN; PRIMER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUBA; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE FUSION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA EXTRACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CUBA; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; OXYGEN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646399155     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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