An outbreak of parainfluenza virus type 4 infections among children with acute respiratory infections during the 2011-2012 winter season in Yamagata, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-78

  Mizuta, Katsumi ^a   Abiko, Chieko ^a   Aoki, Yoko ^a   Ikeda, Tatsuya ^a   Itagaki, Tsutomu ^b   Noda, Masahiro ^c   Kimura, Hirokazu ^c   Ahiko, Tadayuki ^a  

^a YAMAGATA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Yamanobe Pediatric Clinic   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; JAPAN; LARYNGITIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 4; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; WINTER; CELL LINE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GIANT CELL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RUBULAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

HN PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; GIANT CELLS; HN PROTEIN; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 4, HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBULAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84874766882     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.66.76     Document Type: Article

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