Nasopharyngeal density of respiratory viruses in childhood pneumonia in a highly vaccinated setting: findings from a case–control study

Background Detection of pneumonia-causing respiratory viruses in the nasopharynx of asymptomatic children has made their actual contribution to pneumonia unclear. We compared nasopharyngeal viral density between children with and without pneumonia to understand if viral density could be used to diag...

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Main Authors: Andrew Martin, Peter Richmond, Adam Jaffe, Mejbah Uddin Bhuiyan, Jurissa Lang, Chisha Sikazwe, Meredith Borland, David Smith, Tom Snelling, Christopher Blyth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Online Access:https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000593.full