Incidence of respiratory virus illness and hospitalizations in a Panama and El Salvador birth cohort, 2014-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory viruses remain a key cause of early childhood illness, hospitalization, and death globally.The recent pandemic has rekindled interest in the control of respiratory viruses among paediatric populations. We estimate the burden of such viruses among children <2 years.

Methods

Enrolled neonates were followed until two years of age. Weekly active symptom monitoring for the development of acute respiratory illnesses (ARI) defined as cough, rhinorrhoea, difficulty breathing, asthenia, anorexia, irritability, or vomiting was conducted. When the child had ARI and fever, nasopharyngeal swabbing was performed, and samples were tested through singleplex RT-PCR. Incidence of respiratory viruses was calculated by dividing the number of laboratory-confirmed detection

SUBMITTER: Azziz-Baumgartner E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9485193 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature