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SUBMITTER: Otomaru H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6411217 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Otomaru Hirono H Kamigaki Taro T Tamaki Raita R Okamoto Michiko M Alday Portia Parian PP Tan Alvin Gue AG Manalo Joanna Ina JI Segubre-Mercado Edelwisa E Inobaya Marianette Tawat MT Tallo Veronica V Lupisan Socorro S Oshitani Hitoshi H
Open forum infectious diseases 20190311 3
<h4>Background</h4>To develop a more effective vaccination strategy for reducing the impact of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, especially in young infants (<6 months old), it is necessary to understand the transmission dynamics of RSV.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a community-based prospective cohort study from 2014 to 2016 in Biliran Province, the Philippines, on children <5 years old. We collected nasopharyngeal swabs from symptomatic children with acute respiratory infection (ARI) ...[more]