Growth, morbidity and mortality after chickenpox infection in young children in Guinea-Bissau

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-313

  Poulsen, Anja ^a,b   Cabral, Fernando ^a,b   Nielsen, Jens ^a,b   Roth, Adam ^a,b   Lisse, Ida ^a,b   Aaby, Peter ^a,b  

^a Projecto de Saude de Bandim ^*  (Guinea-Bissau)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chickenpox; Growth; Infection; Long term consequence; Mortality; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUINEA-BISSAU; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; SEX FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28044446583     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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