A case series on common cold to severe bronchiolitis and pneumonia in children following human metapneumovirus infection in Sri Lanka

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Jayaweera, J A A S ^a,b   Noordeen, F ^b   Kothalaweala, S ^b   Pitchai, F N N ^b   Rayes, M L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory tract infections; Children; Human metapneumovirus; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

BRONCHIOLITIS; COMMON COLD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MIXED INFECTION; PARAMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SRI LANKA; VIROLOGY;

BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; COMMON COLD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SRI LANKA;

EID: 85042139715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-018-3239-3     Document Type: Article

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