Etiology and clinical characterization of respiratory virus infections in adult patients attending an emergency department in Beijing.

BACKGROUND: Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) represent a serious global health burden. To date, few reports have addressed the prevalence of respiratory viruses (RVs) in adults with ARTIs attending an emergency department (ED). Therefore, the potential impact of respiratory virus infection...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyan Yu, Roujian Lu, Zhong Wang, Na Zhu, Wen Wang, Druce Julian, Birch Chris, Jianxin Lu, Wenjie Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3289638?pdf=render