Epidemiology of viral respiratory infections in a tertiary care centre in the era of molecular diagnosis, Geneva, Switzerland, 2011-2012

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages O578-O584

  Ambrosioni, J ^a   Bridevaux, P O ^a   Wagner, G ^a   Mamin, A ^a   Kaiser, L ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Coronavirus; Epidemiology; Influenza; Picornavirus; Respiratory syncytial virus; Respiratory virus; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PICORNAVIRIDAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWITZERLAND; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VIRAL RESPIRATORY INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TYPING; WINTER; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COINFECTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWITZERLAND; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908018957     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12525     Document Type: Article

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