The importance of the local environment in the transmission of respiratory syncytial virus

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 493, Issue , 2014, Pages 521-525

  Paynter, Stuart ^a   Sly, Peter D ^a   Ware, Robert S ^a   Williams, Gail ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Environmental health; Infectious diseases; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

NUTRITION; VIRUSES;

CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH INTERVENTIONS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; SEASONAL PATTERNS;

RAIN; NUTRITION;

RAIN;

CHILD HEALTH; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAINFALL; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEASONALITY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GAMBIA; UNITED STATES;

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; FLORIDA; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84903198213     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.021     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Brewster D., Greenwood B. Seasonal variation of paediatric diseases in The Gambia, west Africa. Ann Trop Paediatr 1992, 13:133-146.
2. Caulfield L.E., De Onis M., Blossner M., Black R.E. Undernutrition as an underlying cause of child deaths associated with diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria, and measles. Am J Clin Nutr 2004, 80:193-198.
3. Chew F., Doraisingham S., Ling A., Kumarasinghe G., Lee B. Seasonal trends of viral respiratory tract infections in the tropics. Epidemiol Infect 1998, 121:121-128.
4. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Florida Charts: Community Health Assessment Resource Tool Set [Online] 2013, [Available: www.floridacharts.com [Accessed 24 July 2013]].
5. Florida Department Of Health Respiratory Syncytial Virus [Online] [Available], [Accessed 14 July 2013]. http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Disease_ctrl/epi/RSV/rsv.htm.
6. Grassly N., Fraser C. Seasonal infectious disease epidemiology. Proc R Soc B 2006, 273:2541-2550.
7. Hambling M. Survival of the respiratory syncytial virus during storage under various conditions. Br J Exp Pathol 1964, 45:647.
8. Kingston D. Towards the isolation of respiratory syncytial virus from the environment. J Appl Microbiol 1968, 31:498-510.
9. Lozano R., Naghavi M., Foreman K., Lim S., Shibuya K., Aboyans V., et al. Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet 2012, 380:2095-2128.
10. Murray E., Klein M., Brondi L., Mcgowan J., Van Mels C., Brooks W., et al. Rainfall, household crowding, and acute respiratory infections in the tropics. Epidemiol Infect 2012, 140:78-86.
11. Nabarro D., Mcnab S. A simple new technique for identifying thin children. J Trop Med Hyg 1980, 83:21-33.
12. National Climatic Data Centre Local Climatological Data Publication [Online] [Available], [Accessed 14 July 2013]. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/lcd/lcd.html.
13. Ohuma E., Okiro E., Ochola R., Sande C., Cane P., Medley G., et al. The natural history of respiratory syncytial virus in a birth cohort: the influence of age and previous infection on reinfection and disease. Am J Epidemiol 2012, 176:794-802.
14. Okiro E.A. Transmission dynamics of respiratory syncytial virus within the household and in the community 2007, [PhD], Open University.
15. Okiro E.A., Ngama M., Bett A., Cane P.A., Medley G.F., James Nokes D. Factors associated with increased risk of progression to respiratory syncytial virus associated pneumonia in young Kenyan children. Trop Med Int Health 2008, 13:914-926.
16. Paynter S., Ware R.S., Lucero M.G., Tallo V., Nohynek H., Weinstein P., et al. Malnutrition: a risk factor for severe respiratory syncytial virus infection and hospitalization. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2014, 33:267-271.
17. Paynter S., Yakob L., Simões E., Lucero M., Tallo V., Nohynek H., et al. Using mathematical transmission modelling to investigate drivers of respiratory syncytial virus seasonality in children in the Philippines. PLoS One 2014, 9:e90094.
18. Peel M.C., Finlayson B.L., Mcmahon T.A. Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. Hydrol Earth Syst Sci Discuss 2007, 5:1633-1644.
19. Rayco-Solon P., Fulford A.J., Prentice A.M. Differential effects of seasonality on preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction in rural Africans. Am J Clin Nutr 2005, 81:134-139.
20. Robertson S.E., Roca A., Alonso P., Simoes E.A., Kartasasmita C.B., Olaleye D.O., et al. Respiratory syncytial virus infection: denominator-based studies in Indonesia, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa. Bull World Health Organ 2004, 82:914-922.
21. Shell-Duncan B., Wood J.W. The evaluation of delayed-type hypersensitivity responsiveness and nutritional status as predictors of gastro-intestinal and acute respiratory infection: a prospective field study among traditional nomadic Kenyan children. J Trop Pediatr 1997, 43:25-32.
22. Tamerius J., Nelson M.I., Zhou S.Z., Viboud C., Miller M.A., Alonso W.J. Global influenza seasonality: reconciling patterns across temperate and tropical regions. Environ Health Perspect 2011, 119:439.
23. Tang J.W., Loh T.P. Correlations between climate factors and incidence-a contributor to RSV seasonality. Rev Med Virol 2014, 24:15-34.
24. THE GAMBIA NUTRITION SURVEILLENCE PROGRAM Report for February/March 2010 [Online] 2010, [Available: www.ciam.gm/repository [Accessed 18 July 2013]].
25. Ulijaszek S.J., Strickland S.S. Seasonality and human ecology 1993, Cambridge University Press.
26. Vaitla B., Devereux S., Swan S.H. Seasonal hunger: a neglected problem with proven solutions. PLoS Med 2009, 6:e1000101.
27. Van Der Sande M.A., Goetghebuer T., Sanneh M., Whittle H.C., Weber M.W. Seasonal variation in respiratory syncytial virus epidemics in the Gambia, West Africa. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2004, 23:73-74.
28. Weber M.W., Mulholland E.K., Greenwood B.M. Respiratory syncytial virus infection in tropical and developing countries. Trop Med Int Health 1998, 3:268-280.
29. Weber A., Weber M., Milligan P. Modeling epidemics caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Math Biosci 2001, 172:95-113.
30. White L., Mandl J., Gomes M., Bodley-Tickell A., Cane P., Perez-Brena P., et al. Understanding the transmission dynamics of respiratory syncytial virus using multiple time series and nested models. Math Biosci 2007, 209:222-239.
31. World Health Organization WHO child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children: joint statement by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund 2009, World Health Organization, Geneva.
32. Zaman K., Baqui A., Yunus M., Sack R., Bateman O., Chowdhury H., et al. Association between nutritional status, cell-mediated immune status and acute lower respiratory infections in Bangladeshi children. Eur J Clin Nutr 1996, 50:309.