A novel active respiratory syncytial virus surveillance system in the United States: Variability in the local and regional incidence of infection

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1095-1098

  Boron, Marnie L ^a   Edelman, Laurel ^b   Groothuis, Jessie R ^a   Malinoski, Frank J ^a  

^a MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

^b Surveillance Data Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

active surveillance; palivizumab; Respiratory syncytial virus; RSV Alert; seasonality; surveillance systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VIRUS INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; SEASON; STATISTICS; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149375486     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181812c8e     Document Type: Article

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