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Research Needs: Infectious Diseases Introduction Acute Cough Community acquired pneumonia Pulmonary Tuberculosis Acute Respiratory Tract Infection SARS Question for developing countries: Acute respiratory tract infection (ARI) What is the comparative epidemiology of antibiotic prescribing in ARI under 5's and death rates and resistance rates in ARI? How are antibiotics being used by the patients in ARI, as they are expensive but available over the counter in many developing countries? How can primary health care workers get re-involved with this in order to minimise antibiotic resistance?