Article
Transmission of Respiratory Syncytial Virus genotypes in Cali, Colombia.
Influenza and other respiratory viruses - 1 Jul 2021
Londono-Avendano Maria Aurora, Peláez-Moreno Melissa, López Medina Eduardo, Moreno Turriago Mabel Soraya, Parra Patiño Beatriz
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Colombia's climatological variety, added to pathogen diversity, creates local niches for infectious diseases. In Bogotá, respiratory syncytial virus causes 30%-52% of the cases of respiratory infections. In coastal or inter-Andean cities with higher temperature and longer dry seasons, frequency of this virus is 7%-13%. By 2017, increased hospitalizations due to airway infections occurred in regions...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
