Use of diagnostic algorithms and new technologies to study the incidence and prevalence of viral upper respiratory tract infections and their complications in high risk populations

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-16

  Doyle, William J ^a   Alper, Cuneyt M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colds; Complications; Definitions; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMMON COLD; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLAMMATION; NOSE SECRETION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 33846198362     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e3280115157     Document Type: Review

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