Ongoing epidemic of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in Jerusalem, Israel, 2010 to 2012

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Nir Paz, R ^a   Abutbul, A ^a   Moses, A E ^a   Block, C ^a   Hidalgo Grass, C ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857889899     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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