The study of respiratory infections using epidemiologic tools allow the clinician to better understand the most frequently involved agents-viruses and bacteria, which usually originate in humans. Many strategies have been implemented to track the epidemic season of pathogenic agents to improve recognition at a local level, especially for virus detection. A surveillance program implemented a decade ago has allow pediatricians to improve the diagnostic yield on a regular basis.
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Avendaño Carvajal, L., & Perret Pérez, C. (2020). Epidemiology of Respiratory Infections. In Pediatric Respiratory Diseases: A Comprehensive Textbook (pp. 263–272). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26961-6_28
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