Human metapneumovirus in children: First cases in Colombia;Metaneumovirus humano en nistños: Primeros casos en Colombia

Biomedica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-178

  Espinal, David Andrés ^a   Hurtado, Isabel Cristina ^b   Arango, Ana Eugenia ^c   García, Josefina ^d   Laguna Torres, V Alberto ^d   Jaramillo, Sergio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL PABLO TOBÓN URIBE   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^d Peru   (Peru)

Author keywords

Case reports; Child; Metapneumovirus; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; METAPNEUMOVIRUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PARAMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERINFECTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADRENERGIC BETA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ANOXIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INFANT; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 84869797146     PISSN: 01204157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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