Primary and Repeated Respiratory Viral Infections Among Infants in Rural Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory viruses cause significant morbidity and death in infants; 99% of such deaths occur in resource-limited settings. Risk factors for initial and repeated respiratory viral infections in young infants in resource-limited settings have not been well described.

Methods

From 2011 to 2014, a birth cohort of infants in rural Nepal was enrolled and followed with weekly household-based active surveillance for respiratory symptoms until 6 months of age. Respiratory illness was defined as having any of the following: fever, cough, wheeze, difficulty breathing, and/or a draining ear. We tested nasal swabs of infants with respiratory illness for multiple respiratory viruses by using a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay. The risk of primary and repe

SUBMITTER: Boonyaratanakornkit J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7317152 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature