Bacterial and viral etiology of acute respiratory infection among the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs) in fragile settings in Cox's Bazar- a prospective case-control study.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Abu Bakar Siddik, Nabid Anjum Tanvir, Golam Sarower Bhuyan, Md Shahariar Alam, Zahirul Islam, Md Rakibul Hassan Bulbul, Md Moniruzzaman, Charls Erik Halder, Tayabur Rahman, Hubert Endtz, Shakeel Ahmed, Firdausi Qadri, Valentina Sanchez Picot
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Ari
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011189; https://doaj.org/article/39a44af5b6f54ceb87e352b0447b7d13

The leading infectious cause of death in children worldwide is lower acute respiratory infection (LARI), particularly pneumonia. We enrolled a total of 538 acute respiratory infection (ARI) cases according to WHO criteria and age-sex matched 514 controls in the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar National (F...