Duration of shedding of respiratory syncytial virus in a community study of Kenyan children

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Okiro, Emelda A ^a,b   White, Lisa J ^c,d   Ngama, Mwanajuma ^a   Cane, Patricia A ^e   Medley, Graham F ^f   Nokes, D James ^a,f  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; KENYA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REINFECTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 76949100164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-15     Document Type: Article

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