RNA viruses in young Nepalese children hospitalized with severe pneumonia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1032-1036

  Mathisen, Maria ^a,b   Basnet, Sudha ^c   Sharma, Arun ^c   Shrestha, Prakash S ^c   Sharma, Biswa N ^a,d   Valentiner Branth, Palle ^e   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^b,f   Strand, Tor A ^b,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^g INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

human metapneumovirus; influenza virus; low income country; lower respiratory tract infection; parainfluenza virus; polymerase chain reaction; respiratory syncytial virus; respiratory viruses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 17; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 23; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS; SEASON; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; WINTER;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAIN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SEASONS;

EID: 84860390270     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31822f845f     Document Type: Article

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