Influenza is a major contributor to childhood pneumonia in a tropical developing country

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-221

  Brooks, W Abdullah ^a   Goswami, Doli ^a   Rahman, Mustafizur ^a   Nahar, Kamrun ^a   Fry, Alicia M ^b   Balish, Amanda ^b   Iftekharuddin, Nadia ^a   Azim, Tasnim ^a   Xu, Xiyan ^b   Klimov, Alexander ^b   Bresee, Joseph ^b   Bridges, Carolyn ^b   Luby, Stephen ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Influenza; Pneumonia; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; TROPICS; TYPHOID FEVER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URBAN AREA; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 77649205998     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181bc23fd     Document Type: Article

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