Respiratory syncytial virus and metapneumovirus in children over two seasons with a high incidence of respiratory infections in Brazil

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-217

  Serafino, Robert L ^a   Gurgel, Ricardo Q ^c   Dove, Winifred ^b   Hart, C Anthony ^b   Cuevas, Luis E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRAL DISEASE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRONCHIOLITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; WHEEZING;

BRAZIL; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; SEASONS;

ARACAJU; BRAZIL; SERGIPE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 4844220377     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225018957     Document Type: Article

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