Respiratory Watch: Development of a Provincial System for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surveillance in Nova Scotia, 2005–2008
OBJECTIVE: 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...
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| description | OBJECTIVE: 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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| spelling | doaj-art-53b8b3830afd416588afc7e6bfb0a0162025-08-20T03:36:26ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322009-01-01204e153e15610.1155/2009/361948Respiratory Watch: Development of a Provincial System for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surveillance in Nova Scotia, 2005–2008Assaad Al-Assam0Joanne M Langley1Shelly Sarwal2Formerly with the Department of Health Promotion and Protection, Government of Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Community Health and Epidemiology, IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University, CanadaFormerly with the Department of Health Promotion and Protection, Government of Nova Scotia, CanadaOBJECTIVE: 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/361948 |
| spellingShingle | Assaad Al-Assam Joanne M Langley Shelly Sarwal Respiratory Watch: Development of a Provincial System for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surveillance in Nova Scotia, 2005–2008 Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | Respiratory Watch: Development of a Provincial System for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surveillance in Nova Scotia, 2005–2008 |
| title_full | Respiratory Watch: Development of a Provincial System for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surveillance in Nova Scotia, 2005–2008 |
| title_fullStr | Respiratory Watch: Development of a Provincial System for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surveillance in Nova Scotia, 2005–2008 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Respiratory Watch: Development of a Provincial System for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surveillance in Nova Scotia, 2005–2008 |
| title_short | Respiratory Watch: Development of a Provincial System for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surveillance in Nova Scotia, 2005–2008 |
| title_sort | respiratory watch development of a provincial system for respiratory syncytial virus surveillance in nova scotia 2005 2008 |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/361948 |
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