Study of human metapneumovirus-associated lower respiratory tract infections in Egyptian adults

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 603-608

  Zaki, Maysaa El Sayed ^a   Raafat, Douaa ^a   El Metaal, Amal Abd ^a   Ismail, Mona ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Human metapneumovirus; Lower respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOVIRUS; SPUTUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RHINOVIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 75749103763     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2009.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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