Epidemiology and prevention of pediatric viral respiratory infections in health-care institutions.
Nosocomial viral respiratory infections cause considerable illness and death on pediatric wards. Common causes of these infections include respiratory syncytial virus and influenza. Although primarily a community pathogen, rhinovirus also occasionally results in hospitalization and serious sequelae. This article reviews effective infection control interventions for these three pathogens, as well as ongoing controversies.
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Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Goldmann@hub.tch.harvard.edu
D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018113:Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human; D012229:Rhinovirus; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology