Human Metapneumovirus Infection Plays an Etiologic Role in Acute Asthma Exacerbations Requiring Hospitalization in Adults - Williams, John V.; Crowe, James E.; Enriquez, Rachel; Minton, Patricia; Peebles, R. Stokes; Hamilton, Robert G.; Higgins, Stanley; Griffin, Marie; Hartert, Tina V. (The Journal of infectious diseases, 2005)
Keywords: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Aged; Asthma; Asthma - etiology; Asthma - physiopathology; Children; Female; Hospitalization; Human metapneumovirus; Humans; Infections; Male; Metapneumovirus; Metapneumovirus - classification; Metapneumovirus - genetics; Metapneumovirus - isolation & purification; Middle Aged; Paramyxoviridae Infections - complications; Paramyxoviridae Infections - epidemiology; Polymerase chain reaction; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Rhinovirus; Severity of Illness Index; Symptoms; Viruses