Adenovirus infection in hospitalized children with pneumonia in Guangzhou from 2005 to 2007 / 南方医科大学学报
Journal of Southern Medical University
;
(12): 274-277, 2009.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-339011
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To understand the characteristics of adenovirus infection in hospitalized children with pneumonia in Guangzhou area.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The infection rate, hospitalization time and hospitalization expenses of adenovirus-infected hospitalized children with pneumonia in Guangzhou area from 2005 to 2007 were analyzed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total adenovirus infection rate was 6.04% in these children, with a male to female ratio of 1.471, showing significantly higher infection rate in female (7.92%) than in male patients (5.21%, P<0.05). The hospital stay and hospitalization costs between male and female children showed no significant difference (P>0.05). Adenovirus-infected children from birth to six years old accounted for 90.50% of the total adenovirus-infected children, and the infection rate in 0 to 1-year-old children (3.71%) was significantly lower than that in elder children (P<0.05). Although the infection rate in winter (8.44%) was significantly higher than that in the other seasons (P<0.05), the cases from March to August accounted for 60.11% of the total infected cases. Furthermore, the infection rate in 2007 (4.31%) was significantly lower than that in 2005 and 2006 (7.11% and 6.71%, respectively, P<0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Adenovirus infection is an important pathogen in hospitalized children with pneumonia in Guangzhou area, and the infection rates differed between gender, age, season and the years.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pneumonia
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Seasons
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Virology
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Adenovirus Infections, Human
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China
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Sex Factors
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Epidemiology
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Incidence
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Cost of Illness
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Economics
Type of study:
Health economic evaluation
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Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Southern Medical University
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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