Influenza sentinel surveillance in Rwanda, 2008-2010

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Nyatanyi, Thierry ^a   Nkunda, Richard ^b   Rukelibuga, Joseph ^c   Palekar, Rakhee ^c   Muhimpundu, Marie Aimée ^a   Kabeja, Adeline ^a   Kabanda, Alice ^b   Lowrance, David ^c   Tempia, Stefano ^c,f   Koama, Jean Baptiste ^c   McAlister, David ^c   Mukabayire, Odette ^b   Wane, Justin ^d   Raghunathan, Pratima ^c   Katz, Mark ^e   Karema, Corine ^a  

^a RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

^b National Reference Laboratory   (Rwanda)

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

^d KING FAISAL HOSPITAL   (Rwanda)

^e Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RWANDA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RWANDA; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870013909     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis574     Document Type: Article

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