Surveillance for Hospitalized Acute Respiratory Infection in Guatemala

Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are an important cause of illness and death worldwide, yet data on the etiology of ARI and the population-level burden in developing countries are limited. Surveillance for ARI was conducted at two hospitals in Guatemala. Patients admitted with at least one sign of...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 8; no. 12; p. e83600
Main Authors:	Verani, Jennifer R., McCracken, John, Arvelo, Wences, Estevez, Alejandra, Lopez, Maria Renee, Reyes, Lissette, Moir, Juan Carlos, Bernart, Chris, Moscoso, Fabiola, Gray, Jennifer, Olsen, Sonja J., Lindblade, Kim A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 31.12.2013 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Acute Disease Adolescent Adult Adults Aged Bacteria Blood culture Blood tests Child Child, Preschool Children Consent Developing Countries Development and progression Diagnostic tests Disease control Disease prevention Epidemiology Etiology Female Guatemala - epidemiology Haemophilus influenzae Health facilities Health policy Health surveillance Hospital patients Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Illnesses Incidence Infant Infections Influenza Influenza A LDCs Male Medical laboratories Medicine Middle Aged Parainfluenza Patients Pediatrics Pneumonia Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - epidemiology Polymerase chain reaction Population Population Surveillance Public health Respiratory diseases Respiratory syncytial virus Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - epidemiology Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human Respiratory tract infection Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology Respiratory Tract Infections - microbiology Respiratory Tract Infections - mortality Seasons Sexually transmitted diseases STD Streptococcus infections Streptococcus pneumoniae Surveillance Systematic review Urine Viral infections Viruses Young Adult Guatemala Central America Atlanta Georgia United States > US Panama
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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