Prevalence of parainfluenza and influenza viruses amongst children with upper respiratory tract infection

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1024-1029

  Nasrallah, Gheyath K ^a   Meqdam, Mamdoh M ^a   Al Shurman, Abdullah ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Conventional culture; Immunofluorescence; Influenza; Parainfluenza; Shell vial

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0442281920     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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