Population-based hospitalization incidence of respiratory viruses in community-acquired pneumonia in children younger than 5 years of age
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viruses in community-acquired pneumonia in children younger than 5 years of age Susan S. Chiu, Pak-Leung Ho, Malik J. S. Peiris, Kwok Hung Chan, Eunice L. Y. Chan Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. Centre of Influenza Research, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. Correspondence: Susan S. Chiu, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. E-mail: [email protected]
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