Estimation of the National Disease Burden of Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness in Kenya and Guatemala: A Novel Methodology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Fuller, James A ^a   Summers, Aimee ^a   Katz, Mark A ^b   Lindblade, Kim A ^b   Njuguna, Henry ^b   Arvelo, Wences ^b   Khagayi, Sammy ^b   Emukule, Gideon ^b   Linares Perez, Nivaldo ^b   McCracken, John ^c   Nokes, D James ^d,e   Ngama, Mwanajuma ^e   Kazungu, Sidi ^d   Mott, Joshua A ^b   Olsen, Sonja J ^b   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^b   Feikin, Daniel R ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CROWDING; GUATEMALA; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA; KENYA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

DEMOGRAPHY; GUATEMALA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KENYA; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 84874550619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056882     Document Type: Article

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