Respiratory syncytial virus hospitalization and mortality: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 556-569

  Stein, Renato T ^a   Bont, Louis J ^b   Zar, Heather ^c   Polack, Fernando P ^d,e   Park, Caroline ^f   Claxton, Ami ^g   Borok, Gerald ^g   Butylkova, Yekaterina ^g   Wegzyn, Colleen ^f  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f ABBVIE INC   (United States)

^g Doctor Evidence LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

burden; epidemiology; infant; morbidity; preterm

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE FATALITY RATE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; GLOBAL HEALTH; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES;

EID: 84995376709     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.23570     Document Type: Review

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