Viral aetiology of acute lower respiratory tract illness in hospitalised paediatric patients of a tertiary hospital: One year prospective study

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-18

  Singh, A K ^a   Jain, A ^a   Jain, B ^a   Singh, K P ^a   Dangi, T ^a   Mohan, M ^a   Dwivedi, M ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Kushwaha, R A S ^a   Singh, J V ^a   Mishra, A C ^b   Chhaddha, M S ^c  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^c NIV   (India)

Author keywords

Acute lower respiratory tract infection; real time polymerase chain reaction; respiratory syncytial virus; respiratory viruses

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BOCAVIRUS; CHILD; CHILL; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 4; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RIGOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BODILY SECRETIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VIRUSES;

EID: 84892778088     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.124288     Document Type: Article

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