Hospitalization incidence, mortality, and seasonality of common respiratory viruses over a period of 15 years in a developed subtropical city

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 94, Issue 46, 2015, Pages e2024-

  Chan, Paul K S ^a,b   Tam, Wilson W S ^b,c   Lee, Tsz Cheung ^e   Hon, Kam Lun ^d   Lee, Nelson ^b,c   Chan, Martin C W ^a   Mok, Hing Yim ^e   Wong, Martin C S ^b   Leung, Ting Fan ^d   Lai, Raymond W M ^a   Yeung, Apple C M ^a   Ho, Wendy C S ^a   Nelson, E Anthony S ^d   Hui, David S C ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^d Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care ^*  (Hong Kong)

^e Hong Kong Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MORTALITY; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PARAMYXOVIRINAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TODDLER; WINTER; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; HEALTH; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASON; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948670725     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002024     Document Type: Article

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