Clinical patterns and seasonal trends in respiratory syncytial virus hospitalizations in São Paulo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 125-131

  Vieira, Sandra E ^a,c   Stewien, Klaus E ^a   Queiroz, Divina A O ^a   Durigon, Edison L ^a   Török, Thomas J ^b   Anderson, Larry J ^b   Miyao, Cristina R ^a   Hein, Noely ^a   Botosso, Viviane F ^a   Pahl, Márcia M ^a   Gilio, Alfredo E ^a   Ejzenberg, Bernardo ^a   Okay, Yassuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Cidade Universitaria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Children; Morbidity; Pneumonia, epidemiology; Pneumonia, mortality; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASON; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035347973     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652001000300002     Document Type: Article

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