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Climatic, temporal, and geographic characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus disease in a tropical island population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2008

S. B. OMER ,
A. SUTANTO ,
H. SARWO ,
M. LINEHAN ,
I. G. G. DJELANTIK ,
D. MERCER ,
V. MONIAGA ,
L. H. MOULTON ,
A. WIDJAYA  and
P. MULJATI
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S. B. OMER*
Affiliation:
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
A. SUTANTO
Affiliation:
West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Government, Lombok, Indonesia
H. SARWO
Affiliation:
National Institute of Health Research and Development, Indonesia Ministry of Health, Indonesia
M. LINEHAN
Affiliation:
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Seattle, WA, USA, and Jakarta and Lombok, Indonesia
I. G. G. DJELANTIK
Affiliation:
West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Government, Lombok, Indonesia
D. MERCER
Affiliation:
Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Immunization Programme (VPI), WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark
V. MONIAGA
Affiliation:
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Seattle, WA, USA, and Jakarta and Lombok, Indonesia
L. H. MOULTON
Affiliation:
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
A. WIDJAYA
Affiliation:
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Seattle, WA, USA, and Jakarta and Lombok, Indonesia
P. MULJATI
Affiliation:
National Institute of Health Research and Development, Indonesia Ministry of Health, Indonesia
B. D. GESSNER
Affiliation:
Association Pour l'Aide à la Médecine Préventive, Paris, France
M. C. STEINHOFF
Affiliation:
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
*
*Author for correspondence: Dr S. B. Omer, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room E5537, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. (Email: somer@jhsph.edu)
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important cause of morbidity in children worldwide, although data from equatorial regions are limited. We analysed climatic, spatial, and temporal data for children presenting to hospitals in Lombok island, Indonesia with clinical pneumonia. During the study period, 2878 children presented and 741 RSV cases were identified. In multivariate analysis with an 8-day lag, occurrence of rain was associated with 64% higher incidence of RSV disease [incidence rate ratio (IRR) 1·64, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1·13–2·38]. A 1% rise in mean relative humidity and 1°C increase in mean air temperature was associated with a 6% (IRR 1·06, 95% CI 1·03–1·10) and 44% (IRR 1·44, 95% CI 1·24–1·66) increase in RSV cases, respectively. Four statistically significant local clusters of RSV pneumonia were identified within the annual island-wide epidemics. This study demonstrates statistical association of monsoon-associated weather in equatorial Indonesia with RSV. Moreover, within the island-wide epidemics, localized RSV outbreaks suggest local factors influence RSV disease.

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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 136 , Issue 10 , October 2008 , pp. 1319 - 1327
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