Evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of the WHO Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) criteria in Middle Eastern children under two years over three respiratory seasons

The World Health Organization created the Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) criteria in 2011 to monitor influenza (flu)-related hospitalization. Many studies have since used the SARI case definition as inclusion criteria for surveillance studies. We sought to determine the sensitivity, speci...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 15; no. 4; p. e0232188
Main Authors:	Klink, Thomas, Rankin, Danielle A., Piya, Bhinnata, Spieker, Andrew J., Faouri, Samir, Shehabi, Asem, Williams, John V., Khuri-Bulos, Najwa, Halasa, Natasha B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 30.04.2020 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Accuracy Age Biology and Life Sciences Children Cough Cough - virology Criteria Diagnostic systems Female Fever Fever - virology Health surveillance Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Illnesses Infant Infections Influenza Influenza, Human - diagnosis Influenza, Human - virology Jordan Male Medical diagnosis Medicine and Health Sciences Pediatrics People and Places Pharynx Pneumonia Polymerase chain reaction Prospective Studies Questionnaires Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Respiratory diseases Respiratory syncytial virus Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - diagnosis Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - virology Respiratory Syncytial Viruses - pathogenicity Respiratory tract infection Seasons Sensitivity Sensitivity and Specificity Sepsis Signs and symptoms Studies Supervision Surveillance Viruses Whooping cough World Health Organization Jordan Pittsburgh Pennsylvania United States > US Tennessee Nashville Tennessee
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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