Etiology of acute lower respiratory tract infection in Central Australian Aboriginal children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 714-721

  Torzillo, Paul ^a   Dixon, Jeannette ^b   Manning, Kathy ^c   Hutton, Sue ^d   Gratten, Mike ^h   Hueston, Linda ^e   Leinonen, Maija ^f   Morey, Fran ^c   Forsythe, Simon ^g   Num, Richard ^c   Erlich, John ^c   Asche, Val ^d   Cunningham, Anthony ^e   Riley, Ian ^g  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Causative organisms; Indigenous children

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STREPTOLYSINS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 0032800491     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199908000-00012     Document Type: Article

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