Investigators identify new pneumonia epidemic in Beijing
Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 15:20
in Psychology & Sociology
Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections began rising in Beijing last spring, and by December, this pathogen was found in more than half of hospitalized children suffering from pneumonia in that city. Now investigators predict that this epidemic will likely continue well into 2016, and possibly longer. Their data may help clinicians slow the epidemic.