Severe human parechovirus infections in infants and the role of older siblings

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 183, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 664-670

  Nielsen, Nete Munk ^a   Midgley, Sofie Elisabeth ^a   Nielsen, Alex Christian Yde ^a   Christiansen, Claus Bohn ^b   Fischer, Thea Kølsen ^a,c  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

human parechovirus; risk factors; severity; siblings

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; NEONATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN PARECHOVIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; PICORNAVIRUS INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; VIRUS DETECTION; PARECHOVIRUS; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY;

DENMARK;

HUMAN PARECHOVIRUS;

COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARECHOVIRUS; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84964579689     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv206     Document Type: Article

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