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Editorial
. 2004 May 1;328(7447):1026-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7447.1026.

Prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants

Jenny Handforth, Mike Sharland, Jon S Friedland
Editorial

Prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants

Jenny Handforth et al. BMJ. .
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Fig 1
Laboratory reports of respiratory syncytial virus received by the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre and microbiology laboratories of the Health Protection Agency, by date of specimen in 2003-4 and recent years. Data for 2003-4 are provisional, and caution should be exercised in interpreting a trend for the most recent weeks
Fig 2
Fig 2
Four weekly laboratory reports to the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre of infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in England and Wales, by date of report, 1990-2003
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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