Life-threatening human metapneumovirus infections in West of Scotland

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 234-237

  Sivaprakasam, V ^a   Collins, T C ^a   Aitken, C ^a   Carman, W F ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human metapneumovirus; Immunocopromised patients; ITU; Pneumonitis; Respiratory virus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SCOTLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34250222005     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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