Clinical and molecular epidemiology of human parainfluenza virus 4 infections in Hong Kong: Subtype 4B as common as subtype 4A

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1549-1552

  Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Li, Kenneth S M ^b   Chau, Kam Yu ^b   So, Lok Yee ^c   Lee, Rodney A ^c   Lau, Yu Lung ^b   Chan, Kwok Hung ^b   Lim, Wilina W L ^d   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASOPHARYNX; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 4, HUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; RUBULAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 4;

EID: 66149139314     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00047-09     Document Type: Article

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