Mothers may transmit RSV infection more easily or severely to sons than daughters: Community study from Guinea-Bissau

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-295

  Stensballe, Lone ^a,b   Poulsen, Anja ^a,b   Nante, Ernesto ^a   Jensen, Inge Panum ^c   Kofoed, Poul Erik ^a   Jensen, Henrik ^a,b   Aaby, Peter ^a,b  

^a Bandim Health Project   (Denmark)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 2642550647     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410019589     Document Type: Article

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