Open AccessHOSPITALIZATIONS DUE TO RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS IN CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS
Author(s) -
Philip Zachariah,
Margaret Ruttenber,
Eric A. F. Simões
Publication year - 2011
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/inf.0b013e318201813b
Subject(s) - medicine , spina bifida , pediatrics , anencephaly , respiratory system , pneumovirinae , population , pneumovirus , respiratory tract , mononegavirales , virus , paramyxoviridae , viral disease , pregnancy , immunology , fetus , environmental health , biology , genetics
Statewide respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract infection hospitalization data of Colorado children with congenital malformations was used to estimate the population-based risk and severity of disease of RSV hospitalizations. Spina bifida without anencephaly, cleft palate, lung agenesis or dysgenesis, and biliary atresia were associated with a higher risk of being hospitalized with RSV lower respiratory tract infection and an increased severity of disease when hospitalized.