Multicenter study to describe viral etiologies, clinical profiles, and outcomes of hospitalized children with severe acute respiratory infections, Egypt 2022

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 21860
• Main Authors: Kandeel, Amr, Fahim, Manal, Deghedy, Ola, H. Roshdy, Wael, K. Khalifa, Mohamed, El Shesheny, Rabeh, Kandeil, Ahmed, Wagdy, Saly, Naguib, Amel, Afifi, Salma, Abdelghaffar, Khaled
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 09.12.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/308/174; 692/499; Adenovirus; Adenoviruses; Bacteria; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial infections; Children; COVID-19; Demography; Humanities and Social Sciences; Infections; Influenza; Medical records; multidisciplinary; Pathogens; Patients; Public health; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory tract infection; Rhinovirus; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Surveillance; Surveys; Viral infections; Viruses; Egypt

In late 2022, severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) surveillance reported an abrupt increase in non-COVID-19 infections among children after three years of drastic reductions. Signals of increased absenteeism due to respiratory symptoms among primary and preparatory school children were detecte...