Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of acute lower
respiratory infection in young children. We previously estimated that in 2015, 33· 1 million …

Background Respiratory viruses are increasingly detected in children with community-
acquired pneumonia but prevalence estimates vary substantially. We aimed to …

Background Analysing trends and levels of the burden of disease at the national level can
mask inequalities in health-related progress in lower administrative units such as provinces …

Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death in both infants and elderly people, with
approximately 4 million deaths each year. It may be a virus, bacterial, or fungal, depending …

Pneumonia is a fatal disease that appears in the lungs and is caused by viral or bacterial
infection. Diagnosis of pneumonia in chest X-ray images can be difficult and error-prone …

Many countries have implemented public health and social measures (PHSMs) to control
the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Although the …

Background Increasing evidence have associated pneumonia with early exposure to
ambient air pollution. However, the role of indoor environmental factors exposure in early life …

Background Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children globally with the majority
of these deaths observed in resource-limited settings. Globally, the annual incidence of …

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the single largest infectious cause of
hospitalization and death in children worldwide. With improved immunizations, the …

The overall aim of this third edition is to continue the work of previous editions, by enabling
readers to enhance their understanding of the dynamics of contemporary social inequality …