Etiology and seasonality of viral respiratory infections in rural honduran children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1113-1118

  Schlaudecker, Elizabeth P ^a   Heck, Joan P ^b   MacIntyre, Elizabeth T ^c   Martinez, Ruben ^d   Dodd, Caitlin N ^a   McNeal, Monica M ^a   Staat, Mary A ^a   Heck, Jeffery E ^e   Steinhoff, Mark C ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University ^*  (Honduras)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

child; Honduras; influenza; seasonality; viral respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; METEOROLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WEATHER;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; HONDURAS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84867853422     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31826052eb     Document Type: Article

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