Prevalence and clinical characteristics of human metapneumovirus infections in hospitalized infants in Spain

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 863-871

  Garcia Garcia M L ^a   Calvo, C ^a   Perez Brena P ^b   De Cea, J M ^a   Acosta, B ^b   Casas, I ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Infants; Metapneumovirus; Respiratory infections; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOVIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; WHEEZING;

FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SPAIN;

EID: 33748079811     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20456     Document Type: Article

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