Picobirnaviruses in the human respiratory tract

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1539-1540

  Smits, Saskia L ^a,b   van Leeuwen, Marije ^b   Schapendonk, Claudia M E ^a   Schürch, Anita C ^a   Bodewes, Rogier ^a   Haagmans, Bart L ^a   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Viroclinics Biosciences BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PICOBIRNAVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84865311057     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1809.120507     Document Type: Letter

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