Comparison of clinical features of pediatric respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus infections

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1240-1241

  Beneri, C ^a   Ginocchio, C C ^b   Manji, R ^c   Sood, S ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Northwell Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WINTER;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NEW YORK; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 73449130550     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648665     Document Type: Letter

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