Influenza surveillance among children with pneumonia admitted to a district hospital in coastal Kenya, 2007-2010

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Onyango, Clayton O ^a   Njeru, Regina ^a   Kazungu, Sidi ^a   Achilla, Rachel ^b   Bulimo, Wallace ^b   Welch, Stephen R ^c   Cane, Patricia A ^c   Gunson, Rory N ^f   Hammitt, Laura L ^a,d   Scott, J Anthony G ^a,d   Berkley, James A ^a,d   Nokes, D James ^a,e  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b National Influenza Centre   (Kenya)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA C; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INFLUENZA VIRUS C; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NASOPHARYNX; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; THROAT CULTURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFLUENZAVIRUS C; KENYA; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84870009613     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis536     Document Type: Article

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