Incidence and Clinical Features of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in a Population-Based Surveillance Site in the Nile Delta Region | Zendy

Emily Rowlinson | Zendy; Erica Dueger | Zendy; Thomas Taylor | Zendy; Adel Mansour | Zendy; Chris Van Beneden | Zendy; Mohamed Abukela | Zendy; Xingyou Zhang | Zendy; Samir Refaey | Zendy; Hesham Bastawy | Zendy; Amr Kandeel | Zendy

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Incidence and Clinical Features of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in a Population-Based Surveillance Site in the Nile Delta Region

Author(s) -

Emily Rowlinson,

Erica Dueger,

Thomas Taylor,

Adel Mansour,

Chris Van Beneden,

Mohamed Abukela,

Xingyou Zhang,

Samir Refaey,

Hesham Bastawy,

Amr Kandeel

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit457

Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , virology , population , respiratory system , west nile virus , nile delta , delta , virus , medicine , environmental health , physics , optics , ancient history , engineering , history , aerospace engineering

Most reports about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in developing countries rely on sentinel surveillance, from which population incidence is difficult to infer. We used the proportion of RSV infections from population-based surveillance with data from a healthcare utilization survey to produce estimates of RSV incidence in Damanhour district, Egypt.

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