Respiratory viral pathogens associated with lower respiratory tract disease among young children in the highlands of Papua New Guinea

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-239

  Chidlow, Glenys R ^a,b   Laing, Ingrid A ^c   Harnett, Gerald B ^a   Greenhill, Andrew R ^c,d   Phuanukoonnon, Suparat ^d   Siba, Peter M ^d   Pomat, William S ^d   Shellam, Geoffrey R ^b   Smith, David W ^a,b   Lehmann, Deborah ^c  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

ALRI; Co infections; Human rhinoviruses; Multiplex PCR; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PICORNAVIRUS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84861661617     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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