Respiratory Watch: Development of a Provincial System for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surveillance in Nova Scotia, 2005–2008 | Zendy

Assaad Al-Assam | Zendy; Joanne M. Langley | Zendy; Shelly Sarwal | Zendy

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Respiratory Watch: Development of a Provincial System for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surveillance in Nova Scotia, 2005–2008

Author(s) -

Assaad Al-Assam,

Joanne M. Langley,

Shelly Sarwal

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634

H-Index - 38

eISSN - 1918-1493

pISSN - 1712-9532

DOI - 10.1155/2009/361948

Subject(s) - nova scotia , respiratory system , covid-19 , medicine , virology , geography , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , archaeology

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of severe lower respiratory tract infection in young children and is increasingly recognized as a cause of influenza-like illness in those older than 65 years of age. A surveillance system to provide timely local information about RSV activity in Nova Scotia (NS) is described.

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