Surveillance of airborne adenovirus and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a hospital pediatric department

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wan, Gwo Hwa ^a   Huang, Chung Guei ^b,c   Huang, Yhu Chering ^a,b   Huang, Ju Ping ^a   Yang, Su Li ^b   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a,b   Tsao, Kuo Chien ^b,c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADENOVIRUS; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRBORNE VIRUS; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FILTER; FLOW RATE; INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC WARD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAIWAN; ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; SEASONS;

EID: 84863352065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033974     Document Type: Article

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