New diagnostics for common childhood infections

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 875-877

  Maitland, Kathryn ^a,b  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MALARIA; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84896699412     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1316036     Document Type: Editorial

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