Influenza and respiratory syncytial virus are the major respiratory viruses detected from prospective testing of pediatric and adult coronial autopsies

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1113-1121

  Speers, David J ^a,b   Moss, Daniel M ^a   Minney Smith, Cara ^a   Levy, Avram ^a   Smith, David W ^a,c  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Coronial; Culture; Influenza; PCR; Respiratory virus

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS DETECTION;

AUTOPSY; CORONIAL; CULTURE; INFLUENZA; PCR; RESPIRATORY VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887148753     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12139     Document Type: Article

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