High Rates of Pneumonia in Children under Two Years of Age in a South East Asian Refugee Population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Turner, Claudia ^a,b,c   Turner, Paul ^a,b,c   Carrara, Verena ^a   Burgoine, Kathy ^a   Tha Ler Htoo, Saw ^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

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS DETECTION;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYANMAR; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 84872182774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054026     Document Type: Article

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