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Characterizing the risk of respiratory syncytial virus in infants with older siblings: a population-based birth cohort study

Jacoby, Peter; Glass, Kathryn; Moore, Hannah

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From a population-based birth cohort of 245 249 children born in Western Australia during 1996–2005, we used linkage of laboratory and birth record datasets to obtain data including all respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) detections during infancy from a subcohort of 87 981 singleton children born in the Perth metropolitan area from 2000 to 2004. Using log binomial regression, we found that the risk of infant RSV detection increases with the number of older siblings, with those having ⩾3 older...[Show more]

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Date published: 2017
Type: Journal article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/233455
Source: Epidemiology and Infection
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816002545
Access Rights: Open Access

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