Infections with mimivirus in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1690-1694

  Vanspauwen, M J ^a,b   Franssen, F M E ^c   Raoult, D ^d   Wouters, E F M ^a,b,c   Bruggeman, C A ^a,b   Linssen, C F M ^a,b,e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Ciro   (Netherlands)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbations; COPD; Viral infections

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIMIVIRUS; MIMIVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOKING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIMIVIRIDAE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM;

EID: 84867744886     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.08.019     Document Type: Article

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