Influenza A in Young Children with Suspected Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1400-1403

  Friedman, Marla J ^a,c   Attia, Magdy W ^a,b  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cohorting; Emergency department; Influenza A; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; TACHYPNEA; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

EID: 0347383748     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/S1069-6563(03)00544-X     Document Type: Article

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