Burden of human metapneumovirus infection in young children

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 633-643

  Edwards, Kathryn M ^a   Zhu, Yuwei ^b   Griffin, Marie R ^a   Weinberg, Geoffrey A ^c   Hall, Caroline B ^c   Szilagyi, Peter G ^c   Staat, Mary A ^d   Iwane, Marika ^e   Prill, Mila M ^e   Williams, John V ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d Cincinnati Child Hosp Res Found   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 84873628224     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1204630     Document Type: Article

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