Acute lower respiratory tract infection due to respiratory syncytial virus in a group of Egyptian children under 5 years of age

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Fattouh, Aya M ^a   Mansi, Yasmeen A ^a   El Anany, Mervat G ^a   El Kholy, Amany A ^a   El Karaksy, Hanaa M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EGYPT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; WINTER; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 79960933112     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-37-14     Document Type: Article

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