2019
Assessment and Validation of Syndromic Case Definitions for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Young Infants: A Latent Class Analysis.
Lalani K, Yildirim I, Phadke VK, Bednarczyk RA, Omer SB. Assessment and Validation of Syndromic Case Definitions for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Young Infants: A Latent Class Analysis. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2019, 38: 1177-1182. PMID: 31568250, DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002468.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory syncytial virusSyndromic case definitionsCase definitionYoung infantsWorld Health OrganizationRSV infectionLatent class analysisPredictive valueLaboratory-confirmed RSV infectionRespiratory syncytial virus infectionSyncytial virus infectionAcute respiratory infectionsHigh positive predictive valueRoutine clinical careStandardized case definitionsHigh-resource settingsAppropriate case definitionsHigh-income settingsNegative predictive valueMonths of agePositive predictive valueRespiratory infectionsVaccine evaluationClinical featuresPediatric morbidity
2018
Assessment and Validation of Syndromic Case definitions for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Testing in a Low Resource Population
Omer SB, Bednarczyk R, Kazi M, Guterman LB, Aziz F, Allen KE, Yildirim I, Ali SA. Assessment and Validation of Syndromic Case definitions for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Testing in a Low Resource Population. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2018, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30074977, PMCID: PMC6437080, DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-based surveillanceCase definitionRespiratory syncytial virus testingRespiratory syncytial virus infectionSyncytial virus infectionLow-resource populationsStandardized case definitionsSyndromic case definitionsResource-limited settingsVaccine evaluationVirus infectionVirus testingYoung infantsVirus control strategiesModest specificitySurveillanceCyanosisWheezeApneaInfantsInfection