https://www.socictopen.socict.org/files/original/d921ce709f817c664b1c6b9ac351453e.pdf c1416cf736900916823ad96f4c6e5a51 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Epidemiology of respiratory infections among adults in Qatar (2012-2017). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hamad Eid Al-Romaihi, Maria K. Smatti, Nandakumar Ganesan, Shazia Nadeem, Elmoubasher Farag, Peter V. Coyle, Joanne Daghfal Nader, Hebah A. Al Khatib, Emad B Elmagboul, Said Al Dhahry, Salih A. Al-Marri, Asmaa A Althani, Abdullatif Al Khal, Muna A. Al Maslamani, Hadi M. Yassine Description An account of the resource BACKGROUND:Limited data is available about the etiology of influenza like illnesses (ILIs) in Qatar. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed at providing preliminary estimates of influenza and other respiratory infections circulating among adults in Qatar. METHODS:We retrospectively collected data of about 44,000 patients who visited Hamad General Hospital clinics, sentinel sites, and all primary healthcare centers in Qatar between 2012 and 2017. All samples were tested for influenza viruses, whereas about 38,000 samples were tested for influenza and a panel of respiratory viruses using Fast Track Diagnostics (FTD) RT-PCR kit. RESULTS:Among all ILIs cases, 20,278 (46.5%) tested positive for at least one respiratory pathogen. Influenza virus was predominating (22.6%), followed by human rhinoviruses (HRVs) (9.5%), and human coronaviruses (HCoVs) (5%). A detection rate of 2-3% was recorded for mycoplasma pneumonia, adenoviruses, human parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and human metapneumovirus (HMPV). ILIs cases were reported throughout the year, however, influenza, RSV, and HMPV exhibited strong seasonal peaks in the winter, while HRVs circulated more during fall and spring. Elderly (>50 years) had the lowest rates of influenza A (13.9%) and B (4.2%), while presenting the highest rates of RSV (3.4%) and HMPV (3.3%). While males had higher rates of HRVs (11.9%), enteroviruses (1.1%) and MERS CoV (0.2%), females had higher proportions of influenza (26.3%), HPIVs (3.2%) and RSV (3.6%) infections. CONCLUSION:This report provides a comprehensive insight about the epidemiology of ILIs among adults in the Qatar, as a representative of Gulf States. These results would help in improvement and optimization of diagnostic procedures, as well as control and prevention of the respiratory infections. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218097 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PLoS ONE Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Public Library of Science (PLoS) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Science, Medicine Language A language of the resource EN