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ArticleThe Pediatric infectious disease journal2019

Assessment and Validation of Syndromic Case Definitions for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Testing in a Low Resource Population.

Saad B Omer, Robert Bednarczyk, Momin Kazi, L Beryl Guterman, Fatima Aziz, Kristen E Allen, Inci Yildirim, S Asad Ali

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Article in The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Saad B OmerFrom the Hubert Department of Global Health.
Robert BednarczykFrom the Hubert Department of Global Health.
Momin KaziDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
L Beryl GutermanFrom the Hubert Department of Global Health.
Fatima AzizDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Kristen E AllenFrom the Hubert Department of Global Health.
Inci YildirimDepartment of Epidemiology.
S Asad AliDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Standardized case definitions are needed in decision-making regarding respiratory syncytial virus control strategies, including vaccine evaluation. A syndromic case definition comprising of "wheeze or apnea or cyanosis" could be useful for community-based surveillance of moderate respiratory syncytial virus infection among young infants particularly in resource-limited settings. However, this definition showed modest specificity (29.2%-49.6%), indicating that community-based surveillance may need augmentation with other data.

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Health ResourcesPopulation SurveillanceHumansInfantNasopharynxPakistanProspective StudiesPublic HealthRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanRespiratory Syncytial Virus Infections

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