Human coronavirus NL63: A clinically important virus?

Future Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-159

  Fielding, Burtram C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

childhood viral infections; clinical features; HCoV NL63; human coronavirus; lower respiratory tract infection; respiratory viruses; upper respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN CORONAVIRUS NL63; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CORONAVIRUS NL63, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

CORONAVIRUS; HUMAN CORONAVIRUS HKU1; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 79952410434     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.10.166     Document Type: Article

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