Estimated incidence of influenza-virus-associated severe pneumonia in children in El Salvador, 2008-2010

Estimated incidence of influenza-virus-associated severe pneumonia in children in El Salvador, 2008-2010

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence of influenza-virus-associated severe pneumonia among Salvadorian children aged < 5 years. METHODS: Data on children aged < 5 years admitted with severe pneumonia to a sentinel hospital in the western region were collected weekly. Nasal and oropharyngeal swa...

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Main Authors: Wilfrido Clara, Julio Armero, David Rodriguez, Celina de Lozano, Luis Bonilla, Percy Minaya, Rafael Chacón, Jorge Jara, Natalia Blanco, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Joseph Bresee, Xiyan Xu, Alexander Klimov, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Nivaldo Linares-Perez
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Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2012-10-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862012001000010&lng=en&tlng=en

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