Prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus infection in Riyadh during the winter season 2007-2008 and different risk factors impact

International Journal of Virology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 154-163

  Al Majhdi, Fahad N ^a   Al Jarallah, A ^b   Elaeed, M ^a   Latif, A ^a   Gissmann, L ^c   Amer, Haitham M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Respiratory syncytial vines; Risk factors; RT PCR; Saudi Arabia; Typing

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER;

CERCOPITHECINE HERPESVIRUS 1; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 77955356540     PISSN: 18164900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijv.2009.154.163     Document Type: Article

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