Incidence and Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia in Rural Kenyan Children Identified through Hospital Surveillance
Open Access
- 1 November 2009
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 49 (9), 1341-1349
- https://doi.org/10.1086/606055
Abstract
Background.Although necessary for developing a rationale for vaccination, the burden of severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease in childrenThis publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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