The burden of infections by parainfluenza virus in hospitalized children in Spain

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 792-794

  Calvo, Cristina ^a   García García, Maria Luz ^a   Ambrona, Patricia ^a   Rico, Miguel ^a   Pozo, Francisco ^b   Del Mar Molinero, M ^b   Pérez Breña, Pilar ^b   Casas, Inmaculada ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

hospitalized children; Parainfluenza virus; respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BOCAVIRUS; CHILD; CORONAVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 4; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOVIRUS; SPAIN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 80051933585     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318212ea50     Document Type: Article

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