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Molecular epidemiology of a parainfluenza type 3 virus outbreak on a pediatric ward.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jun 1993
Karron R A, O'Brien K L, Froehlich J L, Brown V A
Abstract excerpt
Parainfluenza type 3 virus (PIV-3), an important cause of acute lower respiratory illness in children, can be transmitted nosocomially. To differentiate between nosocomial transmission and community-acquired infection, a polymerase chain reaction-based sequencing assay was developed for the 5' noncoding region of the PIV-3 fusion protein gene and was applied to virus specimens from 10 children infected with PIV-3...
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