Diagnosis and epidemiological studies of human metapneumovirus using real-time PCR

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 186-192

  Pabbaraju, Kanti ^a   Wong, Sallene ^a   McMillan, Thomas ^a   Lee, Bonita E ^a,b   Fox, Julie D ^a,c  

^a PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Co infections; Epidemiology; Human metapneumovirus; Hydrolysis probes; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE PROBE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROLYSIS PROBE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PROBES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 35248831164     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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