Co- circulation of genetically distinct human metapneumovirus and human bocavirus strains in young children with respiratory tract infections in Italy

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 156-164

  Zappa, Alessandra ^a   Canuti, Marta ^a   Frati, Elena ^a   Pariani, Elena ^a   Perin, Silvana ^b   Ruzza, Maria Lorena ^b   Farina, Claudio ^b   Podestà, Alberto ^b   Zanetti, Alessandro ^a,c   Amendola, Antonella ^a,c   Tanzi, Elisabetta ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human Bocavirus; Human Metapneumovirus; Pediatric hospitalization; Pediatric respiratory infections; Phylogenetic analysis; Viral recombination

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP1; PROTEIN VP2; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BOCAVIRUS; BOCAVIRUS INFECTION; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFANT; ITALY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS STRAIN;

DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN BOCAVIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HUMAN BOCAVIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS;

EID: 78649588820     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21940     Document Type: Article

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