Hospitalization rates for human metapneumovirus infection among 0- to 3-year-olds in Gipuzkoa (Basque Country), Spain

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-72

  Cilla, Gustavo ^a   Onate E ^a   Perez Yarza, E G ^a   Montes, M ^a,b   Vicente, D ^a,b   Perez Trallero, E ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SPAIN; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SPAIN;

EID: 57649131151     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808000666     Document Type: Article

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