Investigation of the association of Rhinovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus with severe acute respiratory illness in South Africa

Pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children worldwide and causes 18% of all deaths in children less than 5 years of age. In order to best understand the full burden of acute respiratory infection in South Africa, it is important to conduct surveillance and measure the burden of...

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Main Author: Pretorius, Marthi Andréa
Other Authors: Venter, Marietjie
Language:en
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53041
Pretorius, MA 2016, Investigation of the association of Rhinovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus with severe acute respiratory illness in South Africa, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53041>