Etiology and incidence of viral and bacterial acute respiratory illness among older children and adults in rural western kenya, 2007-2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Feikin, Daniel R ^a,b   Njenga, M Kariuki ^a,b   Bigogo, Godfrey ^a,b   Aura, Barrack ^a,b   Aol, George ^a,b   Audi, Allan ^a,b   Jagero, Geoffrey ^a,b   Muluare, Peter Ochieng ^a,b   Gikunju, Stella ^a,b   Nderitu, Leonard ^a,b   Balish, Amanda ^c   Winchell, Jonas ^c   Schneider, Eileen ^c   Erdman, Dean ^c   Oberste, M Steven ^c   Katz, Mark A ^b,c   Breiman, Robert F ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; KENYA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PARECHOVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; RURAL AREA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINALYSIS; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84865281547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043656     Document Type: Article

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