Fatal respiratory infections associated with rhinovirus outbreak, Vietnam

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1886-1888

  Hai, Le Thanh ^a   Bich, Vu Thi Ngoc ^b   Ngai, Le Kien ^a   Diep, Nguyen Thi Ngoc ^b   Phuc, Phan Huu ^a   Hung, Viet Pham ^a   Taylor, Walter R ^b,c,d   Horby, Peter ^b,c,d   Liem, Nguyen Thanh ^a   Wertheim, Heiman F L ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF PEDIATRICS   (Viet Nam)

^b Clinical Research Unit ^*

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORPHANAGE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIET NAM;

EID: 84867867915     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1811.120607     Document Type: Article

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