Clinical-epidemiological evaluation of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children attended in a public hospital in midwestern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 156-161

  Calegari, Tatiany ^a   Queiroz, Divina A O ^a   Yokosawa, Jonny ^b   Silveira, Hélio L ^c   Costa, Lourenço F ^a   Oliveira, Thelma F M ^a   Luiz, Lysa N ^a   Oliveira, Renata C ^a   Diniz, Francisco C ^c   Rossi, Livia M G ^a   Carvalho, Cláudio J ^a   Lima, Ana Cláudia ^a   Mantese, Orlando C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b NG Biotecnologia Ltda   (Brazil)

^c Faculdade de Medicina ^*

Author keywords

Children; Respiratory infection; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRONCHIOLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEASON; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 26944500269     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 14138670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702005000200006     Document Type: Article

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