Respiratory viruses in hospitalized children with acute lower respiratory tract infections, Mazandaran province, Iran

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 590-592

  Farshad, Nagshvar ^a   Saffar, M J ^a   Khalilian, A R ^a   Saffar, H ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections (ARI); Etiology; Iran; Virus

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS 12; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; IRAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; LUNG; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 47049085690     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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