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Severity of respiratory signs and symptoms and virus profiles in Japanese children with acute respiratory illness.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Dec 2013
Miyaji Yumiko, Kobayashi Miho, Sugai Kazuko, Tsukagoshi Hiroyuki, Niwa Shoichi, Fujitsuka-Nozawa Asako, Noda Masahiro, Kozawa Kunihisa, Yamazaki Fusae, Mori Masaaki, Yokota Shumpei, Kimura Hirokazu
Abstract excerpt
Associations between the severity of respiratory signs and symptoms and the respiratory viruses identified in 214 Japanese children with acute respiratory illness (ARI) enrolled between January and December 2012 were studied. Respiratory rate, wheezing, cyanosis, and the use of accessory muscles were used as indices of respiratory severity and phylogenetic analysis of the viruses identified in these children was...
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