The Association of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection and Influenza with Emergency Admissions for Respiratory Disease in London: An Analysis of Routine Surveillance Data | Zendy

Punam Mangtani | Zendy; Shakoor Hajat | Zendy; Sari Kovats | Zendy; Paul Wilkinson | Zendy; Ben Armstrong | Zendy

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The Association of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection and Influenza with Emergency Admissions for Respiratory Disease in London: An Analysis of Routine Surveillance Data

Author(s) -

Punam Mangtani,

Shakoor Hajat,

Sari Kovats,

Paul Wilkinson,

Ben Armstrong

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/499810

Subject(s) - medicine , poisson regression , rate ratio , population , pediatrics , pneumovirinae , confidence interval , respiratory system , respiratory tract infections , respiratory infection , lower respiratory tract infection , epidemiology , emergency department , influenza a virus , virus , viral disease , immunology , paramyxoviridae , environmental health , psychiatry

The importance of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in adults is not well known, because laboratory testing for RSV infection is not routine. Both RSV infection and influenza are seasonally related, and it is difficult to disentangle one from the other and to disentangle infection from the season and the cold.

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