| clinical characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus infection in hospitalized healthy infants and young children in qatar. | to evaluate seasonal trends, clinical profile, and outcome of disease in previously healthy infants and young children hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) infection at hamad medical corporation in the state of qatar, we reviewed the records of 257 children admitted between 1 january 1996 and 31 december 1998. rsv epidemics occurred yearly during the winter months with peak hospitalizations occuring between november and february. of the 257 admissions, 160 (62.3 per cent) were male ... | 2001 | 11827306 |