Impact of respiratory syncytial virus on hospital admissions in children younger than 3 years of age

Journal of Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-184

  Noyola, Daniel E ^a,b   Zuviri González, Antonio ^b   Castro García, José A ^b   Ochoa Zavala, J Raúl ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CENTRAL DR IGNACIO MORONES PRIETO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Mexico; Palivizumab; Pneumonia; Respiratory syncytial virus; Respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECRETION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICO; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 33846171214     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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