Virologically Confirmed Population-based Burden of Hospitalization Caused by Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Adenovirus, and Parainfluenza Viruses in Children in Hong Kong
- 1 December 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Vol. 29 (12) , 1088-1092
- https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0b013e3181e9de24
Abstract
Objectives: To determine virologically confirmed hospitalization rates associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), adenovirus, and parainfluenza viruses in Hong Kong children. Methods: All patients P = 0.013 and P = 0.038, respectively). Conclusion: We documented that the overall pediatric hospitalization burden of RSV was high and comparable to that of influenza. The burden for all the studied viruses was mainly in previously healthy children <5 years of age.Keywords
This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
- Incidence and Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia in Rural Kenyan Children Identified through Hospital SurveillanceClinical Infectious Diseases, 2009
- Virologically Confirmed Population‐Based Burden of Hospitalization Caused by Influenza A and B among Children in Hong KongClinical Infectious Diseases, 2009
- Prospective Population-based Study of RSV-related Intermediate Care and Intensive Care Unit Admissions in Switzerland over a 4-Year Period (2001–2005)Infection, 2008
- Hospitalization Attributable to Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Illnesses in Canadian ChildrenThe Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2006
- Five-year cohort study of hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus associated lower respiratory tract infection in African childrenJournal of Clinical Virology, 2006
- Respiratory Infections during SARS Outbreak, Hong Kong, 2003Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus Epidemiology in a Birth Cohort from Kilifi District, Kenya: Infection during the First Year of LifeThe Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2004
- Evaluation of the Directigen FluA+B Test for Rapid Diagnosis of Influenza Virus Type A and B InfectionsJournal of Clinical Microbiology, 2002
- Rates of hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus infection among children in MedicaidThe Journal of Pediatrics, 2000
- Respiratory syncytial virus infection in tropical and developing countriesTropical Medicine & International Health, 1998