Effect of environmental exposome and influenza infection on febrile seizure in children over 22 years: a time series analysis.

ABSTRACT: Febrile seizures are convulsions predominately occurring in young children. The effects of various exposomes, including influenza infection and external environmental factors, on febrile seizures have not been well-studied. In this study, we elucidated the relationships between ambient temperature, air pollutants, influenza infection, and febrile seizures using 22-year territory-wide hospitalization data in Hong Kong. The aggregated data were matched with the meteorological records and air pollutant concentrations. All-type and type-specific influenza-like illness positive (ILI+) rates were used as proxies for influenza activity. Distributed lag non-linear model in conjunction with the quasi-poisson generalized additive model was used to examine the associations of interest. According to t

SUBMITTER: Jiang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11461585 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature