Respiratory illness in children
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Human Metapneumovirus and Community-Acquired Respiratory Illness in Children
To the Editor: Stockton et al. have reported the detection of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) by using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in patients with influenzalike illness (1). These authors examined specimens submitted from patients, mainly adults, during winter 2000–01 and identified HMPV in 2.2% of patients with influenzalike illness who had tested negative for influenza...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0022-3476
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(77)80470-8