Influenza C virus-associated community-acquired pneumonia in children

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 999-1003

  Principi, Nicola ^a   Scala, Alessia ^a   Daleno, Cristina ^a   Esposito, Susanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Community acquired pneumonia; Influenza; Influenza C; Influenza C virus

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA C; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INFLUENZA VIRUS C; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFLUENZAVIRUS C; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84887211025     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12062     Document Type: Article

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