Detection of human metapneumovirus genomes during an outbreak of bronchitis and pneumonia in a geriatric care home in Shimane, Japan, in autumn 2009.
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Shimane Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Shimane 690-0122; 1Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Gunma 371-0052; 2Yamagata Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Yamagata 990-0031; 3National Hospital Organization Ehime National Hospital, Ehime 791-0281; and 4Department of Virology III and 5Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Japanese journal of infectious diseases
دوره 64 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011