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  1. Harvard MGH Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    David A. Lyczkowski M.D.

  2. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Peter P. Moschovis M.D., M.P.H.

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Peter P. Moschovis M.D., M.P.H.

  4. Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

    Shamim Qazi M.B.B.S., M.Sc., M.D.

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  1. MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Nupur Gupta

  2. MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Brett D. Nelson

  3. Pediatrics, MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Jennifer Kasper

  4. Global Health Pediatrics, MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Patricia L. Hibberd

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Lyczkowski, D.A., Moschovis, P.P., Qazi, S. (2014). Acute Respiratory Infections. In: Gupta, N., Nelson, B., Kasper, J., Hibberd, P. (eds) The MassGeneral Hospital for Children Handbook of Pediatric Global Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7918-5_14

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