Infectious diseases at the paediatric isolation units of Clairwood and King Edward VIII hospitals, Durban: Trends in admission and mortality rates (1985-1996) and the early impact of HIV (1994-1996)

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 867-872

  Jeena, Prakash M ^a   Wesley, Anne G ^a   Coovadia, Hoosen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOLERA; DATA BASE; DIPHTHERIA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MORTALITY; MUMPS; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TETANUS; TYPHOID FEVER;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT ISOLATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031875644     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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