Epidemiology and clinical presentation of respiratory syncytial virus infection in a Tunisian neonatal unit from 2000 to 2002

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-225

  Fodha, I ^a   Landolsi, N ^a   Vabret, A ^b   Sboui, H ^a   Trabelsi, Abdelhalim ^a   Freymuth, F ^b  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; OXYGEN; PALIVIZUMAB;

CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGEN; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; VIRAL DISEASE;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUNISIA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WINTER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TUNISIA;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 4844228997     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225018966     Document Type: Article

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