The seasonal frequency of viruses associated with upper respiratory tract infections in children

Archives of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-13

  Gorjipour, Hushang ^a   Karimi, Abdollah ^a   Fahimzad, Alireza ^a   Shiva, Farideh ^a   Fallah, Fatemeh ^a   Shamshiri, Ahmad Reza ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Child; Epidemiology; Polymerase chain reaction; Respiratory tract infection; Viruses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944559488     PISSN: 23221828     EISSN: 23221836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/pedinfect.5199     Document Type: Article

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