A High Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Associated Pneumonia in Children Less than Two Years of Age in a South East Asian Refugee Population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Turner, Claudia ^a,b,c   Turner, Paul ^a,b,c   Cararra, Verena ^a   Eh Lwe, Naw ^a   Watthanaworawit, Wanitda ^a,b   Day, Nicholas P ^b,c   White, Nicholas J ^b,c   Goldblatt, David ^d   Nosten, François ^a,b,c  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BURMESE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYANMAR; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREND STUDY; VIRUS LOAD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYANMAR; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; REFUGEES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 84869772274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050100     Document Type: Article

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