Epidemiologic characteristics and seasonal distribution of human metapneumovirus infections in five epidemic seasons in Stockholm, Sweden, 2002-2006

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1631-1638

  Rafiefard, Farideh ^a   Yun, ZhiBing ^a   Örvell, Claes ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Anticyclical; Epidemiology; Genotyping; Human metapneumovirus (hMPV); Respiratory viruses

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SEASON; SWEDEN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; AGE FACTORS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASOPHARYNX; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWEDEN;

ADENOVIRIDAE; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 48249094171     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21242     Document Type: Article

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