Seasonal variations of 15 respiratory agents illustrated by the application of a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-17

  Brittain Long, Robin ^a,b   Andersson, Lars Magnus ^a   Olofsson, Sigvard ^a   Lindh, Magnus ^a   Westin, Johan ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiplex PCR; Respiratory tract infection; Respiratory viruses; Seasonal distribution

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONAVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SWEDEN; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84555194679     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.598876     Document Type: Article

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