Prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus infection among hospitalized children presenting with acute lower respiratory tract infections

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1495-1497

  Gupta, Soham ^a   Shamsundar, Ranjani ^a   Shet, Anita ^a   Chawan, Rashmi ^a   Srinivasa, Hiresave ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTI); Direct fluorescent antibody staining (DFA); Epidemiology Introduction; Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84857050413     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-011-0491-0     Document Type: Article

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