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Department of Education, Coimbra College of Education, Coimbra,
Portugal
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Department of Genetics, University of Porto, Faculty of Medicine, Portugal
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São João University Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal
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I3S: Institute for Research and Innovation in Health/Instituto de
Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, Alameda Professor
Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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University Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of
Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Background
Acute otitis media (AOM) is one of the most common diseases
in childhood, affecting approximately 50% of all children. The
most common age range to develop AOM is 3–24 months, due
to a current or recent upper respiratory tract infection, which