Assessment of surveillance predictors for suspected respiratory syncytial virus, influenza and Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in children aged <5 years in Madagascar.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The lack of rapid, sensitive and affordable diagnostic tests that can distinguish a wide variety of respiratory pathogens at the point of care is an obstacle to the rapid implementation of control measures following events and epidemics. In addition, the absence of a standardized case definition to differentiate putative aetiologies is a challenge to assessing the burden of disease. This study aimed to identify the clinical spectrum of respiratory pathogens commonly associated with respiratory tract infections in the context of disease surveillance.

Methods

Data obtained from prospective hospital-based severe acute respiratory infection surveillance among children aged <5 years from November 2010 to July 2013 were used in this study.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Razanajatovo NH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9216384 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature