Prevalence and pathogenicity of WU and KI polyomaviruses in children, the Netherlands

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1787-1789

  Van Der Zalm, Marieke M ^a   Rossen, John W A ^b   Van Ewijk, Bart E ^a   Wilbrink, Berry ^c   Van Esch, Petra C H M ^b   Wolfs, Tom F W ^a   Van Der Ent, Cornelis K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENICITY; POLYOMA VIRUS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 55549139506     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1411.080464     Document Type: Article

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