Specific probiotics and virological findings in symptomatic conscripts attending military service in Finland

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 276-281

  Lehtoranta, Liisa ^a,b   Kalima, Kim ^a   He, Liang ^c   Lappalainen, Maija ^c,d   Roivainen, Merja ^e   Närkiö, Mervi ^f   Mäkelä, Mika ^c,g   Siitonen, Simo ^a   Korpela, Riitta ^b   Pitkäranta, Anne ^c,d  

^a Centre for Military Medicine   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f Mehilainen Oy   (Finland)

^g HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conscript; Probiotic; Respiratory virus; Rhinovirus

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTERVENTION STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY SERVICE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PARALLEL DESIGN; PICORNAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; NASOPHARYNX; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASON; SOLDIER; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NASOPHARYNX; PROBIOTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902187956     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.03.021     Document Type: Article

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