Global burden of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The global burden of disease attributable to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) remains unknown. We aimed to estimate the global incidence of and mortality from episodes of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) due to RSV in children younger than 5 years in 2005. We estimated the incidence of RSV-...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 375; no. 9725; pp. 1545 - 1555
Main Authors:	Nair, Harish, Nokes, D James, Gessner, Bradford D, Dherani, Mukesh, Madhi, Shabir A, Singleton, Rosalyn J, O'Brien, Katherine L, Roca, Anna, Wright, Peter F, Bruce, Nigel, Chandran, Aruna, Theodoratou, Evropi, Sutanto, Agustinus, Sedyaningsih, Endang R, Ngama, Mwanajuma, Munywoki, Patrick K, Kartasasmita, Cissy, Simões, Eric AF, Rudan, Igor, Weber, Martin W, Campbell, Harry
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2010 Elsevier Elsevier Limited Lancet Publishing Group
Subjects:	Age Age Distribution Ambulatory Care Facilities Biological and medical sciences Child, Preschool Data collection Developed Countries Developing Countries Estimates Fatalities General aspects Global Health Haemophilus influenzae Hospitalization Hospitals Human viral diseases Humans Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Infectious diseases Internal Medicine LDCs Medical research Medical sciences Mortality Pneumonia Population studies Report writing Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - epidemiology Seasonal variations Severity of Illness Index Studies Systematic review Viral diseases Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases Human Preschool age Human respiratory syncytial virus Pneumovirinae Acute Systematic review Respiratory system Paramyxoviridae Metaanalysis Virus Infection Medicine Respiratory tract Mononegavirales Pneumovirus Child
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!