High rates of pneumonia in children under two years of age in a South East Asian refugee population.

High rates of pneumonia in children under two years of age in a South East Asian refugee population.

<h4>Background</h4>There are an estimated 150 million episodes of childhood pneumonia per year, with 11-20 million hospital admissions and 1.575 million deaths. Refugee children are particularly vulnerable, with poorly defined pneumonia epidemiology.<h4>Methods</h4>We followe...

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Main Authors: Claudia Turner, Paul Turner, Verena Carrara, Kathy Burgoine, Saw Tha Ler Htoo, Wanitda Watthanaworawit, Nicholas P Day, Nicholas J White, David Goldblatt, François Nosten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0054026&type=printable
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