Acute lower respiratory infection in the developing world

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 459-463

  Gessner, Bradford D ^a  

^a Agence de Medecine Preventive   (France)

Author keywords

acute lower respiratory infection; acute respiratory infection; Africa; developing countries; Haemophilus influenzae type b; Hib; pneumococcus; pneumonia; respiratory syncytial virus; RSV; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE LOWER RESPIRATORY INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MORBIDITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 80052637466     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ers.11.47     Document Type: Review

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