Respiratory viruses in nepalese children with and without pneumonia: A case-control study

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 731-735

  Mathisen, Maria ^a   Strand, Tor A ^a,b,c   Valentiner Branth, Palle ^d   Chandyo, Ram K ^a,e   Basnet, Sudha ^e   Sharma, Biswa N ^f   Adhikari, Ramesh K ^e   Hvidsten, Dag ^g   Shrestha, Prakash S ^e   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Sykehuset Innlandet ^*  (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^f TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

human metapneumovirus; influenza virus; lower respiratory tract infection; multiplex reverse transcription PCR; parainfluenza virus; respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NEPAL; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NASOPHARYNX; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NEPAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUSES;

EID: 77955173509     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181d9bcce     Document Type: Article

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