Residential crowding and severe respiratory syncytial virus disease among infants and young children: a systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this literature review was to determine whether crowding in the home is associated with an increased risk of severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease in children younger than 5 years.

Methods

A computerized literature search of PubMed and EMBASE was conducted on residential crowding as a risk factor for laboratory-confirmed RSV illness in children younger than 5 years. Study populations were stratified by high-risk populations, defined by prematurity, chronic lung disease of prematurity, hemodynamically significant congenital heart disease, or specific at-risk ethnicity (i.e. Alaska Native, Inuit), and mixed-risk populations, including general populations of mostly healthy children. The search was conducted for articles published from Janu

SUBMITTER: Colosia AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3405464 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature