Respiratory syncytial virus infection in Guatemala, 2007-2012

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 208, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2013, Pages

  McCracken, John P ^a   Prill, Mila M ^d   Arvelo, Wences ^e   Lindblade, Kim A ^e   López, Maria R ^a   Estevez, Alejandra ^a   Müller, Maria L ^a   Muñoz, Fredy ^a   Bernart, Christopher ^a   Cortez, Margarita ^b   Moir, Juan C ^b   Ortíz, Jose ^c   Parades, Antonio ^b   Iwane, Marika K ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^b Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare   (Guatemala)

^c Department of Dermatology   (Guatemala)

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

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

Author keywords

Acute respiratory illness; Epidemiology; Respiratory syncytial virus; Severity; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DYING; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY; STATISTICS; SURVEILLANCE; VIROLOGY; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; SEVERITY; SURVEILLANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84893480167     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit517     Document Type: Review

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