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In NEJM, Vanderbilt MPH graduates find respiratory viruses to be main childhood pneumonia culprit

Posted by on Thursday, February 26, 2015 in News .

Respiratory viruses, not bacterial infections, are the most commonly detected causes of community-acquired pneumonia in children, according to new research released Feb. 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study's authors include:

  • Derek Williams, M.D., M.P.H. (class of 2010), assistant professor of Pediatrics and member of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program and the Division of Hospital Medicine
  • Carlos Grijalva, M.D., M.P.H. (class of 2006), associate professor of Health Policy
  • Wes Self, M.D., M.P.H. (class of 2011), assistant professor of Emergency Medicine