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Respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalizations in pre-mature infants in Lima, Peru.
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The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene [Am J Trop Med Hyg] 2014 Nov; Vol. 91 (5), pp. 1029-34. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Oct 06. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- We conducted a prospective cohort study in four hospitals in Lima, Peru in infants with a birth weight ≤ 1,500 g followed from birth hospital discharge up to 1 year of age to determine the incidence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalizations. We enrolled 222 infants from March of 2009 to March of 2010: 48 infants with a birth weight < 1,000 g and 174 infants with a birth weight of 1,000-1,500 g (birth weight = 1,197 ± 224 g; gestational age = 30.1 ± 2.6 weeks). There were 936 episodes of respiratory infections; the incidence of respiratory infections during the first 1 year of life was 5.7 episodes/child-years. The incidence of RSV respiratory infections that required emergency room management was 103.9 per 1,000 child-years, and the incidence of RSV hospitalizations was 116.2 per 1,000 child-years (244.9 in infants with a birth weight < 1,000 g and 88.9 in infants 1,000-1,500 g; P < 0.05). The incidence of RSV respiratory infections that required emergency management or hospitalization is high among pre-mature infants in Lima.<br /> (© The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1476-1645
- Volume :
- 91
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25294617
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.13-0648