Severe respiratory disease and its relationship with respiratory viruses in Colombia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-142

  Herrera, Diana ^a   de la Hoz, Fernando ^b   Velandia, Martha ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c Promotion and Prevention Division   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Influenza; Mortality; Outbreaks; Respiratory virus; Tropical countries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COLOMBIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; KOREA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PANAMA; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; TROPICS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COLOMBIA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; RNA VIRUSES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 39049167447     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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