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Assessment and Validation of Syndromic Case Definitions for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Testing in a Low Resource Population
Assessment and Validation of Syndromic Case Definitions for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Testing in a Low Resource Population
- Source :
- The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Williams & Wilkins, 2018.
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Abstract
- Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text.<br />Standardized case definitions are needed in decision-making regarding respiratory syncytial virus control strategies, including vaccine evaluation. A syndromic case definition comprising of “wheeze or apnea or cyanosis” could be useful for community-based surveillance of moderate respiratory syncytial virus infection among young infants particularly in resource-limited settings. However, this definition showed modest specificity (29.2%–49.6%), indicating that community-based surveillance may need augmentation with other data.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15320987 and 08913668
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........f480d2cd3904158e1c73063a9d26baff