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HTTP:: Flu Virus Precedes Pneumonia in Poor Countries
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Developing countries, through their very nature, have very poor healthcare systems and coverage, therefore a large number of people dies from conditions that would merely inconvenience people in the developed world. Pneumonia is a good example of such a disease. In its basic forms, it is easily treated with antibiotics, but it can be fatal if left to develop. Now, in a new study, experts have determined that, in poor countries, the average influenza virus oftentimes facilitates the emergence and development of Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, especially in children. Over recent years, a large number of hospital-based studies has been conducted in Hong Kong, India and Thailand. More than 12,000 people have been observed during the studies, of which 7,500 developed pneumonia while under observation. The researchers have paid special attention to a group of 5,000 children, less than five years old, whom they have followed for three years. The results have revealed !
that about 13 percent of the children tested have had signs of influenza-virus infections, Nature News reports. “Tellingly, we found that two-thirds of these influenza-associated pneumonias occurred in very young children â€" those under two years old. That didn't surprise us because complications of influenza are known to o...
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