Bimodal Effects of Obesity Ratio on Disease Duration of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Children

Background: Morbid obesity may be associated with hospitalization and possibly death from the 2009 pandemic H1N1 infection, suggesting a yet unknown association between obesity and the severity of viral infections. Thus, we examined association between obesity ratios and duration of disease in child...

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Main Authors: Naoe Akiyama, Takaaki Segawa, Hiroyuki Ida, Hidetoshi Mezawa, Miki Noya, Seryna Tamez, Mitsuyoshi Urashima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Allergology International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015305323