Human metapneumovirus infections-biannual epidemics and clinical findings in children in the region of Basel, Switzerland

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1455-1460

  Heininger, Ulrich ^a   Kruker, Anna Tina ^a   Bonhoeffer, Jan ^a   Schaad, Urs B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biannual; Children; Epidemic; Human metapneumovirus; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; OUTPATIENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RHINITIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWITZERLAND; VIRUS INFECTION; WINTER;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70449518343     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-009-0949-5     Document Type: Article

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