High prevalence of asymptomatic bocavirus in daycare: Is otitis media a confounder?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1617-

  Longtin, Jean ^a   Gubbay, Jonathan B ^b   Patel, Samir ^b   Low, Donald E ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOCAVIRUS; CHILD; DAY CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; VIRUS SHEDDING;

CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMAN BOCAVIRUS; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL DISEASES; OTITIS MEDIA; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 78349250936     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656786     Document Type: Letter

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