Evidence of human metapneumovirus infection in Jordanian children

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1081-1083

  Kaplan, Nasser M ^a   Dove, Winifred ^b   Abu Zeid, Ahmad F ^a   Shamoon, Hiyam E ^a   Abd Eldayem, Sawsan A ^a   Hart, Charles A ^b  

^a KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOGENESIS; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACHYPNEA; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33750343049     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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