Poor growth and pneumonia seasonality in infants in the Philippines: cohort and time series studies.

Children with poor nutrition are at increased risk of pneumonia. In many tropical settings seasonal pneumonia epidemics occur during the rainy season, which is often a period of poor nutrition. We have investigated whether seasonal hunger may be a driver of seasonal pneumonia epidemics in children i...

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Main Authors: Stuart Paynter, Robert S Ware, Marilla G Lucero, Veronica Tallo, Hanna Nohynek, Eric A F Simões, Philip Weinstein, Peter D Sly, Gail Williams, ARIVAC Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23840731/?tool=EBI