High viral load and respiratory failure in adults hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus infections

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 212, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1237-1240

  Lee, Nelson ^a,b   Chan, Martin C W ^a   Lui, Grace C Y ^a   Li, Ran ^c   Wong, Rity Y K ^a   Yung, Irene M H ^a   Cheung, Catherine S K ^a   Chan, Eugenia C Y ^a   Hui, David S C ^a,b   Chan, Paul K S ^a,b  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

respiratory failure; RSV; viral load

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; VIRUS RNA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASON; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943410318     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv248     Document Type: Article

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