Quantitation of respiratory viruses in relation to clinical course in children with acute respiratory tract infections

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-84

  Jansen, Rogier R ^a   Schinkel, Janke ^a   Dek, Irene ^a   Koekkoek, Sylvie M ^a   Visser, Caroline E ^a   De Jong, Menno D ^a   Molenkamp, Richard ^a   Pajkrt, Dasja ^b  

^a Department of Medical Microbiology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Multiplex PCR; Prospective; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS;

EID: 74049095613     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181b6de8a     Document Type: Article

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