Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) outbreak in the NICU: Description of eight cases

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 118-122

  Kilani, Ramzi A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0036234068     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/48.2.118     Document Type: Article

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