Risk factors for respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis hospital admission in New Zealand

This study assessed risk factors for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalization and disease severity in Wellington, New Zealand. During the southern hemisphere winter months of 2003–2005, 230 infants aged

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Published in:Epidemiology and infection 2008-10, Vol.136 (10), p.1333-1341
Main Authors: GRIMWOOD, K., COHET, C., RICH, F. J., CHENG, S., WOOD, C., REDSHAW, N., CUNNINGHAM, C. W., PEARCE, N., KIRMAN, J. R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Babies
Biological and medical sciences
Birth weight
Births
Bronchiolitis
Bronchiolitis - epidemiology
Bronchiolitis - physiopathology
Bronchiolitis - virology
Children
Epidemics
Ethnic Groups
Ethnicity
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gestational Age
Hospital admissions
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Human respiratory syncytial virus
Human viral diseases
Humans
Immune system
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Microbiology
New Zealand - epidemiology
Original Papers
Oxygen saturation
Pediatrics
Predisposing factors
Pulse oximetry
Ratios
Regression analysis
Respiratory syncytial virus
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - epidemiology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - physiopathology
Respiratory syncytial viruses
Respiratory Syncytial Viruses - isolation & purification
Risk Factors
Seasons
Severity of Illness Index
Socioeconomic factors
Tobacco smoke
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases
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Summary:This study assessed risk factors for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalization and disease severity in Wellington, New Zealand. During the southern hemisphere winter months of 2003–2005, 230 infants aged
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S0950268807000180