Predictors of the duration of the respiratory syncytial virus season

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 772-776

  Zachariah, Philip ^a   Shah, Sohum ^b   Gao, Dexiang ^c   Simões, Eric A F ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Epidemiology; Respiratory syncytial virus infections (RSV); Respiratory tract infections; Seasonality; Virology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 70249102821     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181a3e5b6     Document Type: Article

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