Challenges of Assessing Community Mortality Due to Respiratory Viruses in Children Aged Less Than 5 Years | Zendy

Mauricio T. Caballero | Zendy; Ashish Satav | Zendy; Christopher Gill | Zendy; Saad B. Omer | Zendy; Rachel Pieciak | Zendy; Abdul Momin Kazi | Zendy; Eric A. F. Simões | Zendy; Fernando P. Polack | Zendy

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Challenges of Assessing Community Mortality Due to Respiratory Viruses in Children Aged Less Than 5 Years

Author(s) -

Mauricio T. Caballero,

Ashish Satav,

Christopher Gill,

Saad B. Omer,

Rachel Pieciak,

Abdul Momin Kazi,

Eric A. F. Simões,

Fernando P. Polack

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciab487

Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , developing country , environmental health , population , disease burden , child mortality , multidisciplinary approach , family medicine , intensive care medicine , economic growth , pathology , social science , sociology , economics

Estimating the real impact of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease is key for the development of vaccines and treatments. Ascertaining the burden of community mortality due to RSV is challenging due to the lack of primary data. Therefore, conducting observational studies to determine the factors associated with community mortality due to the virus in developing countries is important.

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