Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in acute respiratory infection: A clinic-based study in Egypt

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1323-1327

  Yahia, Sohier ^a   Kandeel, Amina Y ^a   Hammad, Enas ^a   El Gilany, Abdel Hady ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Children; Human; Metapneumovirus; Respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; OXYGEN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84867579882     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-011-0677-5     Document Type: Article

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