Epidemiological and clinical study of viral respiratory tract infections in children from Italy

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 750-756

  Fabbiani, Massimiliano ^a   Terrosi, Chiara ^a   Martorelli, Barbara ^a   Valentini, Melissa ^a   Bernini, Laura ^a   Cellesi, Carla ^a   Cusi, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bocavi Rus; Coronavirus; Metapneumovirus; Respiratory syncytial virus; Respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BOCAVIRUS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROUP; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTADENOVIRUS; NEWBORN; PICORNAVIRUS; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOVIRINAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CORONAVIRUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASON; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; CORONAVIRUS; HUMAN BOCAVIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BOCAVIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONAVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 62849128861     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21457     Document Type: Article

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