Respiratory infections caused by metapneumovirus in elderly patients;Infectión respiratoria por metapneumovirus humano en pacientes adultos mayors

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-178

  Alberto Fica, C ^a   Loreto Hernandez C ^a   Lorena Porte, T ^a   Marceio Castro, S ^a   Weitzei, Thomas ^a,b  

^a Hospital Militarde Santiago   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Elderly; Fluorescent antibody technique; Lymphopenia; Metapneumovirus; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 79957823506     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-10182011000200011     Document Type: Article

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