Viral etiology and seasonal trends of pediatric acute febrile illness in southern Puerto Rico; a seven-year review

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• Alternative Title:
  PLoS One
• Personal Author:
  Sánchez-González, Liliana ; Quandelacy, Talia M. ; Johansson, Michael ; Torres-Velásquez, Brenda ; Lorenzi, Olga ; Tavarez, Mariana ; Torres, Sanet ; Alvarado, Luisa I. ; Paz-Bailey, Gabriela
• Description:
  Background
  
  Acute febrile illness (AFI) is an important cause for seeking health care among children. Knowledge of the most common etiologic agents of AFI and its seasonality is limited in most tropical regions.
  
  Methodology/Principal findings
  
  To describe the viral etiology of AFI in pediatric patients (≤18 years) recruited through a sentinel enhanced dengue surveillance system (SEDSS) in Southern Puerto Rico, we analyzed data for patients enrolled from 2012 to May 2018. To identify seasonal patterns, we applied time-series analyses to monthly arboviral and respiratory infection case data. We calculated coherence and phase differences for paired time-series to quantify the association between each time series.
  
  Conclusions/Significance
  
  Distinct seasonal patterns and differences in relative frequency by age groups seen in this study can guide clinical and laboratory assessment in pediatric patients with AFI in Puerto Rico.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Dengue Fever Humans Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Influenza, Human Prevalence Seasons Zika Virus Infection

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• Source:
  PLoS One. 16(2)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Puerto Rico
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bb5fa4735157451dca458c099bf11523c923a7cd7cbf18b81afd46594b6023871837163c1982caa4599dc1d95d012f41875f1e0e226bd8cae5833dc9f4fa5084
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