Association between high nasopharyngeal viral load and disease severity in children with human metapneumovirus infection

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 286-290

  Bosis, Samantha ^a   Esposito, Susanna ^a   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^b   Tremolati, Elena ^a   Begliatti, Enrica ^a   Tagliabue, Claudia ^a   Corti, Fabiola ^a   Principi, Nicola ^a   Niesters, Hubert G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Human metapneumovirus; Respiratory tract infections; Respiratory viruses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS ETIOLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NASOPHARYNX; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 45449104607     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.03.029     Document Type: Article

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