%0 Journal Article %T Hospitalisation of late preterm infants due to lower respiratory tract infections in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia: incidence, disease severity, and risk factors %A Daiga Kviluna %A Ervin Saik %A Jolanta Zaikauskien£¿ %A Nijol£¿ Drazdien£¿ %A Pille Saik %A Rasa Tamelien£¿ %J Archive of "Acta Medica Lituanica". %D 2018 %R 10.6001/actamedica.v25i2.3760 %X By two years of age, almost all children experience at least one episode of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, the most common viral cause of hospitalisation due to lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI). We present data on LRTI hospitalisations (with a special focus on RSV), the course of illness, and LRTI hospitalisation risk factors in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia %K preterm infant %K hospitalisation %K LRTI %K RSV %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6130930/