High incidence of viral co-infections and atypical bacterial detection in acute respiratory infections among hospitalized children in the Central Department of Paraguay, 2010-2011

Journal of Infection

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 196-198

  Espínola, Emilio E ^a   Basualdo, Wilma ^b   Guillén, Rosa M ^a   Pavlicich, Viviana ^b   Maldonado, Laura ^b   Aquino, Carolina ^b   Paranhos Baccalà, Gláucia ^c   Russomando, Graciela ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de Asuncion   (Paraguay)

^b Laboratorio Central de Salud Pública   (Paraguay)

^c Emerging Pathogens Laboratory   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; ONSET AGE; PARAGUAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84871919676     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.10.014     Document Type: Letter

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