Bronchiolitis outbreak caused by respiratory syncytial virus in southwest Bangladesh, 2010

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Haque, Farhana ^a,b   Husain, M Mushtuq ^b   Ameen, Kazi Mohammad Hassan ^b   Rahima, Refat ^b   Hossain, M Jahangir ^a   Alamgir, A S M ^b   Rahman, Mustafizur ^a   Rahman, Mahmudur ^b   Luby, Stephen P ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research IEDCR   (Bangladesh)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Bronchiolitis; Outbreak; Respiratory syncytial virus; RSV

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NOSE SMEAR; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; TACHYPNEA; THROAT CULTURE; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANGLADESH; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84869233560     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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