Respiratory viruses among children with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective cohort study

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) among children under-5 years old causes a major burden to health care systems worldwide [1], where it is estimated the occurrence of 156 million new CAP cases annually in this age range [2]. Therefore, effective measures to control this condition are demanded [3].

Source: Journal of Clinical Virology - June 6, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Amanda C. Nascimento-Carvalho, Ana-Luisa Vilas-Boas, Maria-Socorro H. Fontoura, Tytti Vuorinen, Cristiana M. Nascimento-Carvalho, the PNEUMOPAC-Efficacy Study Group Source Type: research