WU polyomavirus detected in respiratory tract specimens from young children in Japan

Pediatrics International

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 536-537

  Okada, Mineyuki ^a,b,c   Hamada, Hiromichi ^b   Sato Maru, Hiromi ^a   Shirato, Yuri ^b   Honda, Takafumi ^b   Muto, Ayako ^b   Hayashi, Kitami ^b   Terai, Masaru ^b  

^a CHIBA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Women s Medical University   (Japan)

^c Central Meat Hygiene Inspection Office of Chiba Prefecture   (Japan)

Author keywords

children; KI polyomavirus; pneumonia; polymerase chain reaction; WU polyomavirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; COUGHING; FEVER; HUMAN; JAPAN; PNEUMONIA; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPRING; SPUTUM CULTURE; SUMMER; VIRUS DETECTION; WHEEZING;

CHILDREN; KI POLYOMAVIRUS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WU POLYOMAVIRUS;

DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84881445231     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ped.12147     Document Type: Article

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