Haze is a risk factor contributing to the rapid spread of respiratory syncytial virus in children

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 23; no. 20; pp. 20178 - 20185
• Main Authors: Ye, Qing, Fu, Jun-fen, Mao, Jian-hua, Shang, Shi-qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: air; air pollutants; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air pollution; Air Pollution - analysis; Airborne particulates; Ambient temperature; Antigens; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Child; childhood; China; China - epidemiology; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental monitoring; Environmental policy; Environmental science; Female; Generalized linear models; Health hazards; Health risk assessment; Hospitals; Humans; Humidity; Incidence; Infant; Infections; Laboratories; Male; meteorological data; Mortality; Nitrogen dioxide; Nonlinear Dynamics; nonlinear models; Outdoor air quality; Particulate matter; Particulate Matter - analysis; particulates; Patient admissions; Pollutants; Public health; Research Article; Respiratory syncytial virus; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - chemically induced; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - epidemiology; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - virology; Respiratory Syncytial Viruses - isolation & purification; Risk Factors; Statistical analysis; Studies; Sulfur dioxide; Temperature; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; China; Hangzhou China; China, People's Rep., Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou; China, People's Rep; Air pollution; Particulate matter; Respiratory syncytial virus

This study investigated whether respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in children was associated with ambient temperature and air pollutants in Hangzhou, China. A distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) was used to estimate the effects of daily meteorological data and air pollutants on the inc...