Epidemiological features of parainfluenza virus infections: Laboratory surveillance in England and Wales, 1975-1997

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 475-484

  Laurichesse, Henri ^a,c   Dedman, Daniel ^a,d   Watson, John M ^a   Zambon, Maria C ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Parainfluenza virus; Respiratory diseases; Seasonality; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROUP; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PNEUMONIA; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; WALES;

EID: 0033028611     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007511018330     Document Type: Article

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