title: Risk factors for febrile, presumed viral illness in the first ten weeks of life.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We attempted to identify demographic and environmental factors associated with development of febrile, presumed viral illness in infants < or = 10 weeks old.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted in a large, urban pediatric hospital and outpatient clinics. Infants < or = 10 weeks old admitted to the hospital for a febrile illness but discharged with a presumed viral illness as the cause of the fever (n = 106) were compared with afebrile infants who came for clinic appointments (n = 87). Thirty-three infants found to have a bacterial source of illness were dropped from analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Recent exposure to an acute respiratory illness in the home (p < 0.0001), a previous visit to the doctor that was unrelated to the hospitalization (p < 0.002), having a sibling in school or day care (p < 0.007), and exposure to two or more smokers in the home (p < 0.011) were associated with development of a presumed viral illness with fever.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Families with young infants should be counseled to keep their babies away from cigarette smoke or individuals with colds or presumed viral illnesses.
authors.affiliation: Arkansas Children's Hospital and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72202, USA.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Komoroski
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Rickert
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
mesh_terms: D005192:Family Health; D005334:Fever / Q000628:therapy; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D009819:Office Visits; D011336:Probability; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000635:transmission
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution