Clinical characteristics and molecular epidemiology of Enterovirus infection in infants <3 months in a referral paediatric hospital of Barcelona

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 174, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1549-1553

  Rodà, Diana ^a   Pérez Martínez, Esther ^a   Cabrerizo, María ^b   Trallero, Gloria ^b   Martínez Planas, Aina ^a   Luaces, Carles ^a   García García, Juan José ^a   Muñoz Almagro, Carmen ^a   Launes, Cristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Enterovirus; Meningitis; Molecular epidemiology; Type

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIEVIRUS B4; ECHOVIRUS 21; ECHOVIRUS 25; ECHOVIRUS 5; ECHOVIRUS E11; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS B; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SPRING; SUMMER; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEROTYPING; SPAIN;

EID: 84945496563     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-015-2571-z     Document Type: Article

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