TY - BOOK AU - Nashwa Mohamed Reda Abdelhameed Ezz Elarab AU - Amani Ali Elkholy , AU - Iman Mohamed Abdelrahman , AU - Mona Salah Eldin Hamdy , TI - Molecular identification of influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus in patients with severe acute respiratory infections / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Nashwa Mohamed Reda Abdelhameed Ezz Elarab , KW - Human metapneumovirus KW - Influenza KW - Respiratory syncytial virus N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology; Issued also as CD N2 - Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) human metapneumovirus (hMPV) and influenza viruses cause servere acute respiratory tract infections in all ages especially in young children elderly and immuncompromised . Rapid laboratory diagnosis of these viruses significantly decreases the use of antibiotics additional laboratory testing and is associated with shorter hospitalization periods ER -