Respiratory viral infections in developing countries: Common, severe, and unrecognized

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-60

  Peltola, Ville ^a   Ruuskanen, Olli ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFLUENZA; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 39349106523     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524020     Document Type: Note

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