Acute respiratory infections in ambulatory malnourished children: a serological study
Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg
; Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. (Online);84(1): 160-1, Jan.-Feb. 1990.
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ABSTRACT
We studied the aetiological agents of acute respiratory infections occuring in an ambulatory population of 83 malnourished Jamaican-born children aged 6 to 32 months using serological methods for diagnosis. In 60 percent (38/63) of symptomatic children and in 25 percent (5/20) those without reported disease the following microorganisms were observed parainfluenza viruses in 15 children, influenza viruses in 12, adenovirus in 10, respiratory syncitial virus in 7 and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in 7 children. The prevalence of the viral infections apparently increased with the severity of malnutrition. (AU)
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Infecções Respiratórias
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Distúrbios Nutricionais
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg
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Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. (Online)
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Article