Clinical features of parainfluenza infections among young children hospitalized for acute respiratory illness in Amman, Jordan

Background Parainfluenza virus (PIV) is a leading cause of acute respiratory illness (ARI) in children. However, few studies have characterized the clinical features and outcomes associated with PIV infections among young children in the Middle East. Methods We conducted hospital-based surveillance...

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Published in:	BMC infectious diseases Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 323 - 9
Main Authors:	Howard, Leigh M., Rankin, Danielle A., Spieker, Andrew J., Gu, Wenying, Haddadin, Zaid, Probst, Varvara, Rahman, Herdi, McHenry, Rendie, Pulido, Claudia Guevara, Williams, John V., Faouri, Samir, Shehabi, Asem, Khuri-Bulos, Najwa, Halasa, Natasha B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 07.04.2021 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Acute respiratory illness Adenoviruses Age Antibiotics Asthma Child, Preschool Children Convulsions & seizures Coronaviruses Cough Croup Cystic fibrosis Diagnosis Female Fever Guardians Hospital patients Hospitalization Humans Illnesses Infant Infections Infectious Diseases Influenza Internal Medicine Jordan Length of stay Male Medical Microbiology Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle East respiratory syndrome Oxygen Oxygen - therapeutic use Parainfluenza Parainfluenza virus Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human Parainfluenza viruses Paramyxoviridae Infections - physiopathology Paramyxoviridae Infections - therapy Parasitology Pediatric research Pediatric respiratory diseases Pneumonia Polymerase chain reaction Prospective Studies Regression analysis Research Article Respiratory diseases Respiratory syncytial virus Respiratory Tract Infections - physiopathology Respiratory Tract Infections - therapy Respiratory Tract Infections - virology Respirovirus Infections - physiopathology Respirovirus Infections - therapy Reverse transcription Risk factors RNA virus infections Seasonal variations Seasons Sepsis Serotypes Statistics Tropical Medicine Viral pneumonia Viruses Wheezing Whooping cough Young children Jordan United States > US Tennessee Nashville Tennessee Viral pneumonia Parainfluenza virus Young children Acute respiratory illness Jordan
ISSN:	1471-2334, 1471-2334
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