Low to medium wu-virus titers in young children with lower respiratory tract iunfections

Intervirology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 444-446

  Kleines, Michael ^a   Scheithauer, Simone ^a   Hengst, Meike ^a   Honnef, Dagmar ^b   Ritter, Klaus ^a   Mühler, Eberhard ^b   Häusler, Martin ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infection; Respiratory disease; WU polyomavirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; WU VIRUS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRAL LOAD;

POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 62849117139     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000209673     Document Type: Article

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