A Prospective Three-Year Cohort Study of the Epidemiology and Virology of Acute Respiratory Infections of Children in Rural India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Broor, Shobha ^a   Parveen, Shama ^a,e   Bharaj, Preeti ^a   Prasad, Velisetty S ^a   Srinivasulu, Kavalu N ^a   Sumanth, Krishna M ^a   Kapoor, Suresh Kumar ^a   Fowler, Karen ^b,c   Sullender, Wayne M ^b,d  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL POPULATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 39349091980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000491     Document Type: Article

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