Viral acute respiratory infections among infants visited in a rural hospital of southern Mozambique

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1054-1060

  O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina ^a,b   Díez Padrisa, Núria ^a   Abacassamo, Fatima ^b   Pérez Breña, Pilar ^c   Casas, Inmaculada ^c   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,b   Roca, Anna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Developing countries; Epidemiology; Respiratory viruses

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRAL DISEASE;

ADENOVIRUS; AGE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROVIRUS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOZAMBIQUE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 4; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOVIRUS; RISK; RURAL AREA; SEASON; SEX; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; MALARIA; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIRUS DISEASES;

MOZAMBIQUE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS;

EID: 79961169788     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02811.x     Document Type: Article

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