Severe Acute Respiratory Infection ( SARI ) pneumonia is an acute infection process of lung tissues with symptoms including fever, cough and difficulty breathing. Data showed that deaths in children < 5 years with pneumonia was approximately 30%. The objective of this article is to analyse the characteristics of the SARI cases in Indonesia in 2008-2009. The data analyzed were part of the dat…
Background: In children, 50% respiratory infection was caused by viruses. This research was aimed to identify type of viruses causing respiratory infection among SARI patients under five years old in several regions in Indonesia. Methods: Study design of this reserach was prospective study using survey and laboratory analysis. Data was being collected from SARI surveillance. There were 215 …