Don't forget serum in the diagnosis of human bocavirus infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 203, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1031-1032

  Don, Massimiliano ^a   Söderlund Venermo, Maria ^b   Hedman, Klaus ^b   Ruuskanen, Olli ^c   Allander, Tobias ^d   Korppi, Matti ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BOCAVIRUS INFECTION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; LETTER; MIXED INFECTION; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; HUMAN BOCAVIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; NASAL CAVITY; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SERUM;

EID: 79953005986     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiq157     Document Type: Letter

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