High prevalence of acute respiratory tract infections among Warao Amerindian children in venezuela in relation to low immunization coverage and chronic malnutrition

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 255-262

  Verhagen, Lilly M ^a,b   Warris, Adilia ^b   Hermans, Peter W M ^b   Del Nogal, Berenice ^c   De Groot, Ronald ^b   De Waard, Jacobus H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Hospital de Ninos J M de los Rios   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

immunization coverage; indigenous children; malnutrition; otitis media; respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUNTING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION; VENEZUELA; WHEEZING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VACCINATION; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84857639954     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31823eed8e     Document Type: Article

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