Assessing the Incidence of Symptomatic Respiratory Syncytial Virus Illness Within a Prospective Birth Cohort in Managua, Nicaragua | Zendy

John Kubale | Zendy; Guillermina Kuan | Zendy; Lionel Gresh | Zendy; Sergio Ojeda | Zendy; Eduardo AzzizBaumgartner | Zendy; Nery Sánchez | Zendy; Roger López | Zendy; Eva Harris | Zendy; Ángel Balmaseda | Zendy; Aubree Gordon | Zendy

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Assessing the Incidence of Symptomatic Respiratory Syncytial Virus Illness Within a Prospective Birth Cohort in Managua, Nicaragua

Author(s) -

John Kubale,

Guillermina Kuan,

Lionel Gresh,

Sergio Ojeda,

Eduardo AzzizBaumgartner,

Nery Sánchez,

Roger López,

Eva Harris,

Ángel Balmaseda,

Aubree Gordon

Publication year - 2019

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/ciz585

Subject(s) - medicine , bronchiolitis , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , bronchitis , prospective cohort study , cohort , pneumonia , respiratory tract infections , confidence interval , rate ratio , cohort study , respiratory system , physics , optics

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes substantial morbidity and mortality among children worldwide, commonly through acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRI). To assess the incidence rate of symptomatic RSV illness among young children, we conducted a prospective birth cohort study following children from 0-2 years of age in Managua, Nicaragua.

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