Biennial spring activity of human metapneumovirus in Austria

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1065-1068

  Aberle, Stephan W ^a   Aberle, Judith H ^a   Sandhofer, Michael J ^a   Pracher, Elisabeth ^b   Popow Kraupp, Therese ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Human metapneumovirus; lower respiratory tract infection; respiratory syncytial virus; respiratory virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; VIRUS DETECTION; WINTER; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

VIRUS DNA;

AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NASOPHARYNX; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149375488     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31817ef4fd     Document Type: Article

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