The descriptive epidemiology of severe lower respiratory tract infections in children in Kiel, Germany

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 217, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 259-267

  Weigl, Josef A I ^a,b   Puppe, W ^a   Belke, O ^a   Neususs J ^a   Bagci, F ^a   Schmitt, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Incidence; Measles vaccine; Respiratory syncytial virus; Respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARYNGITIS; MALE; MEASLES VACCINE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TRACHEITIS;

EID: 16844367814     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-820352     Document Type: Article

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