Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of acute respiratory tract infections among hospitalized infants and young children in Chengdu, West China, 2009-2014

• Main Authors: Jiayi Chen (Author), Pengwei Hu (Author), Tao Zhou (Author), Tianli Zheng (Author), Lingxu Zhou (Author), Chunping Jiang (Author), Xiaofang Pei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients worldwide and imposes an intense pressure on health care facilities. Data on the epidemiology profiles of ARIs are scarce in the western and rural areas of China. The purpose o...