Impact of human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus co-infection in severe bronchiolitis

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 740-743

  McNamara, Paul S ^a,b   Flanagan, Brian F ^b   Smyth, Rosalind L ^a   Hart, C Anthony ^b  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Cytokines; Human metapneumovirus; Infant; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 34547776227     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20649     Document Type: Article

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