Hospital outbreak of human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) illness in immunocompromised hospitalized children during summer

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 180-184

  Singh, Ajay K ^a   Jain, Bhawana ^a   Verma, Anil K ^a   Kumar, Archana ^a   Dangi, Tanushree ^a   Dwivedi, Mukesh ^a   Singh, Kaleshwar P ^a   Jain, Amita ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

human respiratory syncytial virus; Immunocompromised; Outbreak; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADENOVIRIDAE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN BOCAVIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INDIA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; MALE; MEASLES; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 4; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUMMER; THROAT CULTURE; CROSS INFECTION; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; IMMUNOCOMPROMIZED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASON; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VIROLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84926421102     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/crj.12121     Document Type: Article

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