Incidence and Risk Factors for Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Human Metapneumovirus Infections among Children in the Remote Highlands of Peru

• Published in: PloS one 2015-06, Vol.10 (6), p.e0130233-e0130233
• Main Authors: Wu, Andrew, Budge, Philip J, Williams, John, Griffin, Marie R, Edwards, Kathryn M, Johnson, Monika, Zhu, Yuwei, Hartinger, Stella, Verastegui, Hector, Gil, Ana I, Lanata, Claudio F, Grijalva, Carlos G
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Developing countries; Epidemiology; Families & family life; Female; Health risks; High altitude; High-altitude environments; Households; Humans; Illnesses; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infection; Infections; Infectious diseases; LDCs; Male; Metapneumovirus; Morbidity; Mortality; Multivariate Analysis; Outdoor air quality; Paramyxoviridae Infections - epidemiology; Pathogens; Pediatrics; Peru - epidemiology; Poisson density functions; Poisson Distribution; Polymerase chain reaction; Prospective Studies; Regression analysis; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory syncytial virus; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - epidemiology; Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human; Respiratory tract; Respiratory tract diseases; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Rural areas; Rural Population; Statistical analysis; Surveillance; Viruses
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130233

The disease burden and risk factors for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (MPV) infections among children living in remote, rural areas remain unclear. We conducted a prospective, household-based cohort study of children aged