Childhood pneumonia: The role of viruses

Thorax

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 811-812

  Zar, H J ^a,b   Polack, F P ^c,d  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Fundación INFANT   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE; VACCINE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORONAVIRIDAE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARAMYXOVIRINAE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; CHILD; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 84941269236     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207320     Document Type: Editorial

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