A prospective, community-based study on virologic assessment among elderly people with and without symptoms of acute respiratory infection

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1218-1223

  Graat, Judith M ^a   Schouten, Evert G ^a   Heijnen, Marie Louise A ^b   Kok, Frans J ^a   Pallast, Esther G M ^a   De Greeff, Sabine C ^a   Dorigo Zetsma, J Wendelien ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Community based; Elderly; Etiology; Rhinovirus; Virology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOVIRUS; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS EXAMINATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0348110571     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00171-9     Document Type: Article

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