Can respiratory syncytial virus etiology be diagnosed clinically? A hospital-based case-control study in children under two years of age

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 431-439

  Weigl, Josef Alfons Isidor ^a   Puppe, Wolfram ^b   Schmitt, Heinz Josef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Case control; Clinical prediction; Hospitalization; Multivariate analysis; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037484504     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024213400297     Document Type: Article

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