Human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus disease in children, Yemen.
Factors increasing the severity of respiratory infections in developing countries are poorly described. We report factors associated with severe acute respiratory illness in Yemeni children (266 infected with respiratory syncytial virus and 66 with human metapneumovirus). Age, indoor air pollution, and incomplete vaccinations were risk factors and differed from those in industrialized countries.
Al-Sonboli
Najla
N
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Hart
Charles A
CA
Al-Aghbari
Nasher
N
Al-Ansi
Ahmed
A
Ashoor
Omar
O
Cuevas
Luis E
LE
D000208:Acute Disease; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D029121:Metapneumovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D018113:Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D012307:Risk Factors; D015006:Yemen / Q000453:epidemiology