Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus infection in Washington, D.C.: I. Importance of the virus in different respiratory tract disease syndromes and temporal distribution of infection

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1973, Pages 216-225

  Kim, Hyun Wha ^b   Arrobio, Julita O ^b   Brandt, Carl D ^b   Jeffries, Barbara C ^b   Pyles, Gloria ^b   Reid, Jannie L ^b   Chanock, Robert M ^b   Parrott, Robert H ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis, viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory syncytial virus; Respiratory tract infections; Viral surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASON;

ANTIBODY FORMATION; BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 0015718549     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121550     Document Type: Article

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