Four year incidence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection in infants and young children referred to emergency departments for lower respiratory tract diseases in Italy: The "Osservatorio VRS" Study (2000-2004)

New Microbiologica

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-43

  Medici, Maria Cristina ^a   Arcangeletti, Maria Cristina ^a   Rossi, Giovanni A ^b   Lanari, Marcello ^c   Merolla, Rocco ^d   Paparatti, Umberto Di Luzio ^d   Chezzi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c Pediatrics and Neonatology Unit   (Italy)

^d ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Lower respiratory tract diseases; RSV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 33645581001     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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