Incidence, etiology, and symptomatology of upper respiratory illness in elite athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 577-586

  Spence, Luke ^a   Brown, Wendy J ^a   Pyne, David B ^b   Nissen, Michael D ^a,c,d,e   Sloots, Theo P ^a,c,d,e   Mccormack, Joseph G ^a   Locke, A Simon ^a,f,g   Fricker, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^e Royal Children's Hospitals ^*  (Australia)

^f QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

^g Sunnybank Sports Medicine Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Common cold; Exercise; Immune; Infection; Viral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NOSE SMEAR; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINOVIRUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROAT CULTURE; TRAINING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMMON COLD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPORTS;

EID: 34147139859     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31802e851a     Document Type: Article

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