Epidemiology and seasonality of respiratory viral infections in hospitalized children in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: a retrospective study of 27 years

• Published in: BMC pediatrics Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 32
• Main Authors: Khor, Chee-Sieng, Sam, I-Ching, Hooi, Poh-Sim, Quek, Kia-Fatt, Chan, Yoke-Fun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 20.03.2012; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adenoviruses; Analysis of Variance; Causes of; Child, Preschool; Education; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Female; Forecasts and trends; Gender; Health sciences; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Influenza, Human - virology; Malaysia - epidemiology; Male; Orthomyxoviridae - isolation & purification; Regression Analysis; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - epidemiology; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - virology; Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human - isolation & purification; Respiratory tract infections; Retrospective Studies; Seasons; Standard deviation; Teaching hospitals; Viral infections; Virus Diseases - epidemiology; Virus Diseases - virology; Malaysia

Viral respiratory tract infections (RTI) are relatively understudied in Southeast Asian tropical countries. In temperate countries, seasonal activity of respiratory viruses has been reported, particularly in association with temperature, while inconsistent correlation of respiratory viral activity w...