Estimating influenza and respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality in Western Kenya using health and demographic surveillance system data, 2007-2013

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Emukule, Gideon O ^a,b   Spreeuwenberg, Peter ^c   Chaves, Sandra S ^a,d   Mott, Joshua A ^a,d,e   Tempia, Stefano ^d,f   Bigogo, Godfrey ^g   Nyawanda, Bryan ^g   Nyaguara, Amek ^g   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^a   Van Der Velden, Koos ^b   Paget, John W ^b,c  

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

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

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

^e U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^g KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; KENYA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RURAL AREA; TREND STUDY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRENDS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 85022345565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180890     Document Type: Article

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