CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILES OF NOVEL VIRUSES IN LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN

Revista Romana de PEDIATRIE | Volumul LXIV, Nr. 1, An 2015

ISSN 1454-0398 | e-ISSN 2069-6175
ISSN-L 1454-0398
DOI: 10.37897/RJP

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Alexandru-Ioan Ulmeanu, Carmen Zapucioiu and Coriolan-Emil Ulmeanu

ABSTRACT

Viral respiratory tract infections are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in pediatric pathology. The authors provide the latest information on the structure, pathogenesis, clinical features, epidemiology and response to treatment of newly discovered viruses affecting the respiratory tract in children: bocavirus, metapneumovirus, coronaviruses, rhinovirus C.

Keywords: bocavirus, metapneumovirus, coronaviruses, rhinovirus C, pneumonia, bronchiolitis

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