Bronchiolitis Caused by Respiratory Syncytial Virus in an Area of Portugal: Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and Risk Factors

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-45

  Flores, P ^a   Rebelo De Andrade, H ^b   Goncalves P ^b   Guiomar, R ^b   Carvalho, C ^a   Sousa, E N ^a   Noronha, F T ^a   Palminha, J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO FRANCISCO XAVIER   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; WHEEZING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0442313602     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-1040-1     Document Type: Article

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