Intensive care unit admission rates for respiratory syncytial virus infection as a function of age in preterm infants born at 32-35-week gestation and not receiving immunoprophylaxis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 331-

  Simões, Eric A F ^a   Ambrose, Christopher S ^b   Wu, Xionghua ^c   Anderson, Evan J ^d  

^a Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INCIDENCE; LETTER; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTPATIENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; INFANT; NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84924210629     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000566     Document Type: Letter

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