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Medline ® Abstract for Reference 56

of 'Diagnostic approach to community-acquired pneumonia in adults'

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Identification of respiratory viruses in asymptomatic subjects: asymptomatic respiratory viral infections.
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Jartti T, Jartti L, Peltola V, Waris M, Ruuskanen O
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Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008;27(12):1103.
 
The medical literature of the past 4 decades was searched regarding respiratory virus detection by polymerase chain reaction and conventional methods (culture, antigen detection, serology) in asymptomatic subjects in an attempt to determine the prevalence and clinical significance of such viruses in normal persons.
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. tuomas.jartti@utu.fi
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