Sökning: "Acute respiratory infections"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 72 avhandlingar innehållade orden Acute respiratory infections.

  1. 1. Child health and acute respiratory infections in Ethiopia : epidemiology for prevention and control

    Författare :Lulu Muhe; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Epidemiology; acute respiratory infections; morbidity; mortality; infants; under-five children; determinants; intervention;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is based on studies in Butajira district in the south central part of Ethiopia and one study in the Ethio-Swedish Children's Hospital in Addis Ababa. The Butajira project has a continuous demographic surveillance system, established in 1987 in a sample of 10 communities with a total baseline population of about 30,000. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Acute respiratory infections among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo - nasopharyngeal pathogens, antibiotic resistance and vaccination

    Författare :Archippe M. Birindwa; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Acute respiratory infections; nasopharynx; culture and vaccination;

    Sammanfattning : ABSTRACT Acute Lower Respiratory Infections (ALRI) remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine PCV13 was introduced in the in the South-Kivu region in 2013. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Molecular epidemiology of acute respiratory virus infections

    Författare :Robert Dyrdak; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Acute respiratory virus infections are very common but can also cause severe disease. In my thesis, I have analysed the molecular epidemiology of acute respiratory virus infections caused by enterovirus D68 and coronaviruses. In Paper I, we used real-time PCR and Sanger sequencing to analyse the outbreak of enterovirus D68 in Stockholm in 2016. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Treatment of Respiratory Tract Infections in Primary Care with special emphasis on Acute Otitis Media

    Författare :Thomas Neumark; Sigvard Mölstad; Lars Brudin; Morten Lindbaek; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :General practice; respiratory tract infections; acute otitis media; rapid diagnostic tests; CRP; Strep-A; electronic patient records; physician consultations; antibiotic prescription; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Sammanfattning : Background and aims: Most respiratory tract infections (RTI) are self-limiting. Despite this, they are associated with high antibiotic prescription rates in general practice in Sweden. The aim of this thesis was to evaluate the management of respiratory tract infections (RTIs) with particular emphasis on acute otitis media (AOM). LÄS MER

  7. 5. On the Diagnosis and Management of Viral Respiratory Infections

    Författare :Robin Brittain-Long; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Respiratory virus; Respiratory tract infection; Real-time PCR; Multiplex PCR; Antibiotic use;

    Sammanfattning : Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs), are the most common infections in man, and represent a major global health burden. Viruses, most often causing a mild and self-limiting disease, yet with substantial morbidity and high costs for society, mainly cause upper respiratory tract infections. LÄS MER