Epidemiology of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) among adults and children aged ≥5 years in a high HIV-prevalence setting, 2009-2012.

<h4>Objective</h4>There are few published studies describing severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) epidemiology amongst older children and adults from high HIV-prevalence settings. We aimed to describe SARI epidemiology amongst individuals aged ≥5 years in South Africa.<h4>Method...

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Main Authors: Cheryl Cohen, Sibongile Walaza, Jocelyn Moyes, Michelle Groome, Stefano Tempia, Marthi Pretorius, Orienka Hellferscee, Halima Dawood, Summaya Haffejee, Ebrahim Variava, Kathleen Kahn, Akhona Tshangela, Anne von Gottberg, Nicole Wolter, Adam L Cohen, Babatyi Kgokong, Marietjie Venter, Shabir A Madhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0117716&type=printable