An outbreak of severe respiratory tract infection due to human metapneumovirus in a long-term care facility for the elderly in Oregon

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-173

  Liao, Robert S ^a   Appelgate, Dianna M ^b   Pelz, Robert K ^b  

^a PeaceHealth Laboratories   (United States)

^b PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Long term care facility; Metapneumovirus; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; UNITED STATES; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHEEZING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; OREGON; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 84855543792     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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