Allergologia et immunopathologia Sociedad Espanola ˜ de Inmunolog´ıa Cl´ınica, Alergolog´ıa y Asma Pediatrica ´ www.elsevier.es/ai
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Hospital admission due to respiratory viral infections in moderate preterm, late preterm and term infants during their first year of life I. Olabarrieta a , E. Gonzalez-Carrasco a , C. Calvo a , F. Pozo b , I. Casas b , M.L. García-García a,∗ a b
Department of Neonatology and Department of Pediatrics, Severo Ochoa Hospital, Leganés, Madrid, Spain Influenza and Respiratory Viruses Laboratory, National Centre of Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Received 5 April 2014; accepted 30 June 2014
KEYWORDS Moderate preterm; Late preterm; Respiratory viral infections
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Abstract Background: Respiratory viral infections are a major cause of hospitalisation in infants 37.9 ◦ C Hypoxia (SatO2