Hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus infection and invasive pneumococcal disease in Danish children aged <2 years: A population-based cohort study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1165-1171

  Stensballe, Lone Graff ^a,b   Hjuler, Thomas ^b   Andersen, Andreas ^b   Kaltoft, Margit ^b   Ravn, Henrik ^a   Aaby, Peter ^a   Simoes, Eric A F ^c  

^a Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 42549145604     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/529438     Document Type: Article

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