Human metapneumovirus in Jordan: Prevalence and clinical symptoms in hospitalized pediatric patients and molecular virus characterization

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 288-291

  Qaisy, Lina M ^a   Meqdam, Mamdoh M ^b   Alkhateeb, Asem ^a   Al Shorman, Abdallah ^c   AL Rousan, Hiyam O ^a   Al Mogbel, Mohammed S ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Princess Rahma Hospital   (Jordan)

Author keywords

HMPV; RT PCR; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE; PLASMID DNA;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS A; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS B; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; JORDAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORBIDITY; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPRING; SYMPTOM; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; WHEEZING; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COINFECTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JORDAN; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NASOPHARYNX; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84867657992     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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