scholarly journals Feasibility study for the use of self‐collected nasal swabs to identify pathogens among participants of a population‐based surveillance system for acute respiratory infections (GrippeWeb‐Plus)—Germany, 2016

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana M. Haussig ◽  
Angelina Targosz ◽  
Susanne Engelhart ◽  
Michael Herzhoff ◽  
Kerstin Prahm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Acute Respiratory Infections ◽  
Use Of Self ◽  
Nasal Swabs

Population-Based Study of the Impact of Childcare Attendance on Hospitalizations for Acute Respiratory Infections

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 1439-1446 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kamper-Jorgensen ◽  
J. Wohlfahrt ◽  
J. Simonsen ◽  
M. Gronbaek ◽  
C. S. Benn
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Acute Respiratory Infections ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Chronic Periodontitis and Acute Respiratory Infections: A Nationwide Cohort Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 9493
Author(s):  
Jae-Hong Lee ◽  
Seong-Nyum Jeong
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Chronic Periodontitis ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Smoking Status ◽  
Acute Bronchitis ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Acute Respiratory Infections ◽  
Acute Tonsillitis ◽  
Sociodemographic Variables

Chronic periodontitis (CP) may increase the risk of exacerbation of and hospitalization for respiratory infections. The aim of the present study was to determine whether CP is associated with acute respiratory infections by analyzing a population-based longitudinal database from the National Health Insurance Service—National Sample Cohort. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess the association between CP and acute respiratory infections, including acute nasopharyngitis, acute pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis, acute laryngitis and tracheitis, acute bronchitis, and acute bronchiolitis, while adjusting for the confounding effects of sociodemographic variables (sex, age, household income, and smoking status) and comorbidities (diabetes mellitus). Among 545,416 recruited participants, 98,490 (18.1%) had CP. Multivariate analysis, adjusted for sociodemographic variables and comorbidities, showed that except influenza and pneumonia, total acute respiratory infections (odds ratio (OR), 1.33; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.28–1.38; p < 0.001), acute upper respiratory infections (OR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.22–1.29; p < 0.001), and acute lower respiratory infections (OR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.20–1.26; p < 0.001) were significantly associated with CP. The findings of the current cohort study suggest an association between CP and acute respiratory infections. Particularly, CP seems to increase the risk of acute upper and lower respiratory infections.

scholarly journals Factors related with the incidence of acute respiratory infections in toddlers in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Evidence from the Sleman Health and Demographic Surveillance System

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0257881
Author(s):  
Fathmawati Fathmawati ◽  
Saidah Rauf ◽  
Braghmandita Widya Indraswari
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Demographic Surveillance System ◽  
Acute Respiratory Infections ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Children Under Five ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Factors Associated

Various factors associated with Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) in toddlers have been widely observed, but there are no studies using data from the Sleman Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS). This study aimed to determine the factors associated with ARI in children under five in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This research was an observational analytic study with a cross-sectional design, using secondary data from the Sleman HDSS. Data of 463 children under five who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were used in this study. Inclusion criteria were toddlers who have complete observed variable data. The variables observed were the characteristics of children under five, the attributes of the mother, the physical condition of the house, the use of mosquito coils, sanitation facilities, and sources of drinking water. The exclusion criteria were toddlers with pulmonary tuberculosis in the past year. Data analysis used chi-squared tests for bivariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis. The results showed that working mothers had a greater risk of ARI under five children with OR 1.46 (95% CI = 1.01–2.11), and groundwater as a water source was a protective factor against the occurrence of ARI in toddlers with OR 0.46 (95% CI = 0.26–0.81). After a logistic regression analysis was performed, only the drinking water source variable had a statistically significant relationship with the incidence of ARI in children under five with OR = 0.47 (95% CI = 0.268–0.827). Research on the relationship between water quality and the incidence of ARI in children under five is needed to follow up on these findings.

Early nasal microbiota and acute respiratory infections during the first years of life

Thorax ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 592-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Toivonen ◽  
Kohei Hasegawa ◽  
Matti Waris ◽  
Nadim J Ajami ◽  
Joseph F Petrosino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Incidence Rate ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Acute Respiratory Infections ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
Nasal Microbiota

BackgroundEmerging evidence shows that airway microbiota may modulate local immune responses, thereby contributing to the susceptibility and severity of acute respiratory infections (ARIs). However, there are little data on the longitudinal relationships between airway microbiota and susceptibility to ARIs in children.ObjectiveWe aimed to investigate the association of early nasal microbiota and the subsequent risk of ARIs during the first years of life.MethodsIn this prospective population-based birth-cohort study in Finland, we followed 839 healthy infants for ARIs from birth to age 24 months. Nasal microbiota was tested using 16S rRNA gene sequencing at age 2 months. We applied an unsupervised clustering approach to identify early nasal microbiota profiles, and examined the association of profiles with the rate of ARIs during age 2–24 months.ResultsWe identified five nasal microbiota profiles dominated by Moraxella, Streptococcus, Dolosigranulum, Staphylococcus and Corynebacteriaceae, respectively. Incidence rate of ARIs was highest in children with an early Moraxella-dominant profile and lowest in those with a Corynebacteriaceae-dominant profile (738 vs 552/100 children years; unadjusted incidence rate ratio (IRR), 1.34; 95% CI 1.16 to 1.54; p < 0.001). After adjusting for nine potential confounders, the Moraxella-dominant profile-ARI association persisted (adjusted IRR (aIRR), 1.19; 95% CI 1.04 to 1.37; p = 0.01). Similarly, the incidence rate of lower respiratory tract infections (a subset of all ARIs) was significantly higher in children with an early Moraxella-dominant profile (aIRR, 2.79; 95% CI 1.04 to 8.09; p = 0.04).ConclusionMoraxella-dominant nasal microbiota profile in early infancy was associated with an increased rate of ARIs during the first 2 years of life.

scholarly journals Detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus using acute respiratory infections sentinel surveillance system (PIDIRAC) in Catalonia (Spain)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mireia Jané ◽  
Ana Martínez ◽  
Pilar Ciruela ◽  
Mar Mosquera ◽  
Miquel Martínez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surveillance System ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Sentinel Surveillance ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Acute Respiratory Infections ◽  
Surveillance Network ◽  
First Case ◽  
Community Transmission ◽  
Sentinel Surveillance System

Abstract In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic in Catalonia (Spain), the first SARS-CoV-2 case confirmed was notified to the Catalonia Epidemiological Surveillance Network (RVEC) on 25 February 2020. The present study describes and analyses the respiratory samples obtained in primary care using PIDIRAC epidemiological sentinel surveillance system to complement the pandemic surveillance system activated, and describe whether SARS‑CoV-2 was circulating before the first case detected in Catalonia, between October 2019 and April 2020.During this period, 878 respiratory samples from patients with acute respiratory infection or influenza syndrome obtained by PIDIRAC epidemiological sentinel surveillance system were analysed. Of the total sample, 51.9% tested positive to influenza virus and 48.1% to other respiratory viruses, with SARS-CoV-2 being present in 6 samples. The first SARS‑CoV‑2 positive case showed the first symptoms on 2 March 2020. These were 3 men and 3 women aged between 25 and 50 years old (mean age 44.5 years old). Fever, general discomfort, coughing, chills, and arthromyalgia were the most frequent symptoms in the SARS-CoV-2 cases. Likewise, 44 samples that had tested positive for coronavirus during 2018-2019 were typed. They were all typed as one of the regular CoV, none of them being SARS-CoV-2.The acute respiratory infections sentinel surveillance system (PIDIRAC) reinforces the global epidemiological surveillance, allows to corroborate whether there is virus circulation or not, and helps confirm that generalised community transmission in Catalonia took place in mid-March.

scholarly journals Pilot study of participant-collected nasal swabs for acute respiratory infections in a low-income, urban population

2016 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Melissa Stockwell ◽  
Celibell Vargas ◽  
Liqun Wang ◽  
Yaritza Castellanos de Belliard ◽  
Maria Morban ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Acute Respiratory Infections ◽  
Nasal Swabs
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