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Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2012 Mar 16. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00355.x. [Epub ahead of print]
Extremely low risk for acquisition of a respiratory viral infection in the emergency room of a large pediatric hospital during the winter season.
Maltezou HC, Mougkou K, Asimaki H, Koniaraki K, Katerelos P, Giannaki M, Theodoridou M.
Source
Department for Interventions in Health-Care Facilities, Hellenic Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece. First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece. Microbiology Department, Aghia Sophia Children Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Abstract
Please cite this paper as: Maltezou et al. (2012). Extremely low risk for acquisition of a respiratory viral infection in the emergency room of a large pediatric hospital during the winter season. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00355.x. The aim of this study was to investigate the rate of transmission of respiratory viral infections to children visiting the emergency room of a large pediatric hospital during winter. A total of 615 children were prospectively studied. Twenty-two (3?6%) children developed at least one symptom compatible with a respiratory viral infection within 1-7 days after the visit, including cough (12 children), fever (8), rhinorrhea (7), and/or respiratory distress (1). Three children (0?49%) developed an influenza-like illness. These findings indicate that transmission of respiratory viral infections to children visiting an emergency room during the winter season is extremely low.
? 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
PMID:
22429730
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22429730
Extremely low risk for acquisition of a respiratory viral infection in the emergency room of a large pediatric hospital during the winter season.
Maltezou HC, Mougkou K, Asimaki H, Koniaraki K, Katerelos P, Giannaki M, Theodoridou M.
Source
Department for Interventions in Health-Care Facilities, Hellenic Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece. First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece. Microbiology Department, Aghia Sophia Children Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Abstract
Please cite this paper as: Maltezou et al. (2012). Extremely low risk for acquisition of a respiratory viral infection in the emergency room of a large pediatric hospital during the winter season. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00355.x. The aim of this study was to investigate the rate of transmission of respiratory viral infections to children visiting the emergency room of a large pediatric hospital during winter. A total of 615 children were prospectively studied. Twenty-two (3?6%) children developed at least one symptom compatible with a respiratory viral infection within 1-7 days after the visit, including cough (12 children), fever (8), rhinorrhea (7), and/or respiratory distress (1). Three children (0?49%) developed an influenza-like illness. These findings indicate that transmission of respiratory viral infections to children visiting an emergency room during the winter season is extremely low.
? 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
PMID:
22429730
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22429730