Titre :
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Climatic factors and lower respiratory tract infection due to respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalised infants in northern Spain. (2005)
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Auteurs :
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Santiago LAPENA ;
Leticia CASTANON ;
Isabel Fernandez ;
Juan PABLO MARTINEZ ;
Maria PAZ ALONSO ;
Sofia REGUERO ;
Maria-Belen ROBLES ;
Hospital of Leon. Microbiological Service. Leon. ESP ;
Hospital of Leon. Pediatric Service. Leon. ESP
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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European journal of epidemiology (vol. 20, n° 3, 2005)
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Pagination :
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271-276
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Pneumonie
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Climat
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Bronchiolite
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Virus
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Epidémiologie
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Nourrisson
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Homme
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Espagne
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Europe
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Enquête cas témoin
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Virose
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Infection
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Facteur risque
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Variation saisonnière
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Hygrométrie
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Appareil respiratoire [pathologie]
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Appareil respiratoire
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS eYR0xoyT. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objective : To analyse the influence of climatic factors on the number of hospitalised infants with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) per week. Methods : A retrospective observational case-control study was designed enrolling infants under 2 years of age, admitted to hospital between October 1995 and June 2000 with lower respiratory tract infection due to RSV. Climatic and seasonal data were included. The week variable was used as the study unit : weeks with more than one admission for the case group and weeks without admissions for the control group. The total number of weeks excluding summer months, from June to September, was 174. Results : A total of 167 infants were admitted to hospital with lower respiratory tract infection due to RSV with a peak in January and February. There was 82 weeks with one or more admissions (case group) and 92 without admissions (control group). The case group demonstrated lower levels of humidity (absolute : 5.6+/-1.5 vs. 6.5+/-1.5 ; p
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