The clinical spectrum of respiratory syncytial virus disease in The Gambia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 224-230

  Weber, Martin W ^a,b   Dackour, Raduwan ^a   Usen, Stanley ^a,c   Schneider, Gisela ^d   Adegbola, Richard A ^a   Cane, Patricia ^e   Jaffar, Shabbar ^a   Milligan, Paul ^a   Greenwood, Brian M ^a   Whittle, Hilton ^a   Mulholland, E Kim ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^d WEC Mission Hospital   (Gambia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory tract infection; Bronchiolitis; Developing countries; Gambia; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; THROAT CULTURE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; GAMBIA; INFECTIONS; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; VIRAL DISEASES; WESTERN AFRICA; YOUTH;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0031896348     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199803000-00010     Document Type: Article

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