Respiratory syncytial virus surveillance in the United States, 2007-2012: Results from a national surveillance system

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 589-594

  McGuiness, Catherine Balderston ^a   Boron, Marnie L ^b   Saunders, Brett ^a   Edelman, Laurel ^a   Kumar, Veena R ^b   Rabon Stith, Karma M ^b  

^a IQVIA   (United States)

^b MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Respiratory syncytial virus; seasonality; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSURVEILLANCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 84901493007     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000257     Document Type: Article

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