Human metapneumovirus in costa rica

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 452-453

  Ulloa Gutierrez, Rolando ^a   Vargas Jiménez, Félix ^a   Mora Chavarría, Adriana ^a   Umaña, Maria A ^a   Calvo Espinoza, Mónica ^a   Alfaro Bourrouet, Wilbert ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; SALBUTAMOL;

BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; LETTER; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 67649553080     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31819d0c64     Document Type: Letter

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