Systematic review and meta-analysis of respiratory syncytial virus infection epidemiology in Latin America

Reviews in Medical Virology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 76-89

  Bardach, Ariel ^a   Rey Ares, Lucila ^a   Cafferata, María Luisa ^a   Cormick, Gabriela ^a   Romano, Marina ^a   Ruvinsky, Silvina ^b   Savy, Vilma ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^b Hospital de Pediatria SAMIC Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAZIL; CASE FATALITY RATIO; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUBA; EMBASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MEDLINE; MEXICO; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URUGUAY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; BRONCHIOLITIS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896698940     PISSN: 10529276     EISSN: 10991654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rmv.1775     Document Type: Article

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