id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-336335-spap39b7 Silva, Denise R Respiratory viral infections and effects of meteorological parameters and air pollution in adults with respiratory symptoms admitted to the emergency room 2013-08-26 .txt text/plain 4176 244 47 OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to determine the number of emergency visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and to evaluate the association between ILI/SARI, RVI prevalence, and meteorological factors/air pollution, in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil, from November 2008 to October 2010. The correlations among meteorological variables, air pollution, ILI/SARI cases, and respiratory viruses demonstrated the relevance of climate factors as significant underlying contributors to the prevalence of RVI. The aims of this study were to determine the number of emergency room visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and to evaluate the association between ILI/SARI frequency, respiratory virus prevalence, and meteorological factors/air pollution, especially in adult population, in a humid subtropical climate. The data were analyzed using time-series analysis, through a generalized linear model (GLM) to examine the association between ILI or SARI and air pollution/meteorological variables, using logistic regression. ./cache/cord-336335-spap39b7.txt ./txt/cord-336335-spap39b7.txt