Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30938-8

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Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study

Ting Shi, +138 more

- 02 Sep 2017 -

The Lancet

- Vol. 390, Iss: 10098, pp 946-958

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In this paper, the authors estimated the incidence and hospital admission rate of RSV-associated acute lower respiratory infection (RSV-ALRI) in children younger than 5 years stratified by age and World Bank income regions.

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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2017-09-02 and is currently open access. It has received 1470 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Disease burden & Case fatality rate.

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