Community incidences of respiratory infections in an actively followed cohort of children <1 year of age in Manhiça, a rural area of southern Mozambique

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-380

  Roca, A ^a,b,e   Quinto L ^a,b   Saute F ^b,c   Thompson, R ^b,d   Aponte, J J ^a,b   Alonso, P L ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

^c National Malaria Control Programme   (Mozambique)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Africa; Incidence; Lower respiratory infection; Respiratory infections; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION RISK; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33644825853     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01566.x     Document Type: Article

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