Prevalence of respiratory viruses, including newly identified viruses, in hospitalised children in Austria

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 681-686

  Larcher, C ^a,b   Jeller, V ^a   Fischer, H ^a   Huemer, H P ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA VIRUS; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MIMIVIRIDAE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; CELL LINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1, HUMAN; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RESPIROVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRUS CULTIVATION; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 33751312639     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0214-z     Document Type: Article

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