Importance of global surveillance for respiratory syncytial virus

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 208, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2013, Pages

  Iwane, Marika K ^a   Farnon, Eileen C ^b   Gerber, Susan I ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

International; Respiratory infections; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

PALIVIZUMAB;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADULT; CHILD; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY; ARTICLE; INTERNATIONAL; METHODOLOGY; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN;

INTERNATIONAL; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 84893438068     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit484     Document Type: Editorial

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