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Metapneumovirus and acute wheezing in children

A new respiratory virus, human metapneumovirus, was recently identified. We detected this virus by PCR in ten (8%) of 132 consecutive children admitted to Turku Hospital, Finland, for acute expiratory wheezing (median age 7 months, range 4–25). The mean duration of hospital stay was 2·5 days (SD 1·6...

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Autores principales: Jartti, Tuomas, van den Hoogen, Bernadette, Garofalo, Roberto P, Osterhaus, Albert DME, Ruuskanen, Olli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7119306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12423987
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11391-2