Etiology of bronchiolitis in a hospitalized pediatric population: Prospective multicenter study

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-136

  Antunes, H ^a,b   Rodrigues, H ^c   Silva, N ^a   Ferreira, C ^d   Carvalho, F ^c   Ramalho, H ^e   Goncalves A ^a   Branca, F ^a  

^a Hospital de Braga   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c Pediatrics Department   (Portugal)

^d EPE   (Portugal)

^e EPE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Bronchiolitis; Etiology; Polymerase chain reaction; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BOCAVIRUS; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CORONAVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NASOPHARYNX; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOVIRUS; SEASON; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; WHEEZING;

BRONCHIOLITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 77951655565     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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