Open AccessRespiratory syncytial virus. Clinical and epidemiological pattern in pediatric patients admitted to a children’s hospital between 2000 and 2013
Author(s) -
María Florencia Lución,
María Del Valle Juárez,
Mariana Viegas,
Verónica Castellano,
Viviana Romanin,
Marcela Grobaporto,
Julia Bakir,
Alicia Mistchenko,
Ángela Gentile
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2014.eng.397
Subject(s) - medicine , case fatality rate , epidemiology , bronchiolitis , pediatrics , pneumonia , respiratory tract infections , respiratory disease , human metapneumovirus , respiratory system , lung
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the major causative organism associated with acute lower respiratory tract infections in children.The objective of this study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological pattern of RSV and identify risk factors for RSV infection.