Acute respiratory infections in children from a deprived urban population from Uruguay Infecções respiratórias agudas em crianças de famílias pobres de Montevideo

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Maria Hortal, Myriam Contera, Cristina Mogdasy, José Carlos Russi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1994
• Subjects: Respiratory tract infections; Respiratory syncytial viruses; S. pneumoniae; Haemophilus infections; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Alta; Arctic; Ari; Uruguay
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651994000100009; https://doaj.org/article/fcdd298308cc44f6ba4abb75a01ec161

To obtain base line data on incidence, duration, clinical characteristics and etiology of acute respiratory infections (ARI), 276 children from deprived families living in Montevideo were followed during 32 months. The target population was divided into two groups for the analysis of the results: ch...