Journal article
Respiratory viruses and influenza-like illness: Epidemiology and outcomes in children aged 6 months to 10 years in a multi-country population sample
S Taylor, P Lopez, L Weckx, C Borja-Tabora, R Ulloa-Gutierrez, E Lazcano-Ponce, A Kerdpanich, M Angel Rodriguez Weber, A Mascareñas de Los Santos, JC Tinoco, MAP Safadi, FS Lim, M Hernandez-de Mezerville, I Faingezicht, A Cruz-Valdez, Y Feng, P Li, S Durviaux, G Haars, S Roy-Ghanta Show all
Journal of Infection | W B SAUNDERS CO LTD | Published : 2017
Abstract
Background Better population data on respiratory viruses in children in tropical and southern hemisphere countries is needed. Methods The epidemiology of respiratory viruses among healthy children (6 months to <10 years) with influenza-like illness (ILI) was determined in a population sample derived from an influenza vaccine trial (NCT01051661) in 17 centers in eight countries (Australia, South East Asia and Latin America). Active surveillance for ILI was conducted for approximately 1 year (between February 2010 and August 2011), with PCR analysis of nasal and throat swabs. Results 6266 children were included, of whom 2421 experienced 3717 ILI episodes. Rhinovirus/enterovirus had the highest..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals S.A. who was the sponsor of the study and was involved in all stages of study conduct, including analysis of the data, and in addition paid the costs related to the development of the publication of this manuscript.