WHO Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) Definition often Underdiagnoses Serious Respiratory Viral Infections in Hospitalized Jordanian Children
Khuri-Bulos N, Piya B, Shehabi A, Faouri S, Williams J, Vermund S, Halasa N. WHO Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) Definition often Underdiagnoses Serious Respiratory Viral Infections in Hospitalized Jordanian Children. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2017, 4: s461-s461. PMCID: PMC5631179, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere acute respiratory infectionAcute respiratory infectionsViral burdenRespiratory infectionsWorld Health Organization case definitionNasal/throat swabsJordanian childrenAcute respiratory illnessRespiratory viral infectionsUnderlying medical conditionsAcute respiratory symptomsVirus-positive casesDays of presentationDiagnosis of pneumoniaGlobal Influenza SurveillanceLarge government hospitalYoung hospitalized childrenRespiratory symptomsInfection definitionsQ-RT-PCRRespiratory illnessThroat swabsHospitalized childrenCase definitionClinical data