Epidemiology and clinical impact of parainfluenza virus infections in otherwise healthy infants and young children <5 years old

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 807-813

  Reed, George ^b   Jewett, Paula H ^b   Thompson, Juliette ^b   Tollefson, Sharon ^b   Wright, Peter F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030893879     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513975     Document Type: Article

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