Seasonal trends of viral respiratory tract infections in the tropics

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-128

  Chew, F T ^a   Doraisingham, S ^b   Ling, A E ^b   Kumarasinghe, G ^c   Lee, B W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROLOGY; SINGAPORE; TROPIC CLIMATE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SINGAPORE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0031715405     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898008905     Document Type: Article

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