Open AccessEpidemiology of Respiratory Infections in Young Children
Author(s) -
Marie R. Griffin,
Frances J. Walker,
Marika K. Iwane,
Geoffrey A. Weinberg,
Mary Allen Staat,
Dean D. Erdman
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/01.inf.0000144660.53024.64
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , pediatrics , population , asthma , respiratory disease , respiratory system , respiratory tract infections , environmental health , lung
The New Vaccine Surveillance Network, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was established to provide longitudinal data to help measure the impact of vaccines that decrease the burden of acute respiratory illness in children younger than 5 years of age. Currently 140,000 children younger than 5 years of age, nearly 1% of the U.S. population, are under surveillance in 3 urban counties, which include Nashville, TN, Rochester, NY, and Cincinnati, OH. Prospective, active, population-based surveillance of children hospitalized with respiratory symptoms or fever began in 2000, and outpatient surveillance began in 2002 in selected winter months.