Variation of respiratory syncytial virus and the relation with meteorological factors in different winter seasons

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 860-866

  Meerhoff, Tamara J ^a   Paget, John W ^a   Kimpen, Jan L ^b   Schellevis, François ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Humidity; Meteorological; Respiratory syncytial virus; Seasonal variation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLOUD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; INCUBATION TIME; LOW TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME; VIRUS ACTIVATION; WEATHER; WINTER;

EID: 70349687749     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181a3e949     Document Type: Article

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