Impact of Respiratory Virus Infections on Persons With Chronic Underlying Conditions

• Published in: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 283; no. 4; pp. 499 - 505
• Main Authors: Glezen, W. Paul, Greenberg, Stephen B, Atmar, Robert L, Piedra, Pedro A, Couch, Robert B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL American Medical Association 26.01.2000
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Chronic Disease; Disease Susceptibility; Hospitalization; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infant; Infections; Infectious diseases; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Paramyxoviridae Infections - epidemiology; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - epidemiology; Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology; Respiratory Tract Infections - virology; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases; Viruses; Human; Evaluation; Respiratory disease; Acute; Virological exploration; Etiopathogenesis; Vulnerability; Respiratory system; Epidemiology; Incidence; Infection; Public health organization; Viral disease; Public health; Socioeconomic inquiry

CONTEXT While hospitalization rates have declined overall, hospitalizations for acute lower respiratory tract infections have increased steadily since 1980. Development of new approaches for prevention of acute respiratory tract conditions requires studies of the etiologies of infections and quantif...