Seasonality of respiratory viral identification varies with age and aboriginality in metropolitan Western Australia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 598-603

  Moore, Hannah C ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas ^a   Richmond, Peter ^b   Keil, Anthony D ^c   Lindsay, Katie ^c   Plant, Aileen ^d   Lehmann, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginality; Children; Respiratory virus; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PHARYNX; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77449118877     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318199cefd     Document Type: Article

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