Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections within Families

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 294, Issue 8, 1976, Pages 414-419

  Hall, Caroline Breese ^a   Geiman, Joyce M ^a   Biggar, Robert ^a   Kotok, David I ^a   Hogan, Patricia M ^a   Douglas, R Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0017283602     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197602192940803     Document Type: Article

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