Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 70-72 , January 2007

Human metapneumovirus infections among children with acute respiratory infections seen in a large referral hospital in India

  • Sagarika Banerjee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
    • ,
  • Preeti Bharaj

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
    • ,
  • Wayne Sullender

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology, 1600 6th Avenue South, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL-35233, USA
    • ,
  • Sushil K. Kabra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
    • ,
  • Shobha Broor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 11 26594926; fax: +91 11 26588663.

Received 9 June 2006 ,Accepted 18 July 2006.

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PII: S1386-6532(06)00247-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2006.07.003

Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 70-72 , January 2007

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