Population-based hospitalization incidence of respiratory viruses in community-acquired pneumonia in children younger than 5 years of age

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 626-627

  Chiu, Susan S ^a   Ho, Pak Leung ^a   Peiris, Malik J S ^a   Chan, Kwok Hung ^a   Chan, Eunice L Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacterial pneumonia; Children <5 years; Hospitalization; Virus

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; HUMAN BOCAVIRUS; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; NOSE SECRETION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; AGE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84911951541     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12277     Document Type: Letter

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