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

Abstract

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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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA592050

Entities

People

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

Organizations

  • Naval Medical Research Center

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Age Groups
  • Biomedical Research
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Services
  • Heart Diseases
  • Infection
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Personnel
  • Parasitic Diseases
  • Respiration Disorders
  • Rural Areas
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Surveillance
  • Urban Areas
  • Wound Infections

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Medicine

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML