The Unrecognized Burden of Influenza in Young Kenyan Children, 2008-2012.
Influenza-associated disease burden among children in tropical sub-Saharan Africa is not well established, particularly outside of the 2009 pandemic period. We estimated the burden of influenza in children aged 0-4 years through population-based surveillance for influenza-like illness (ILI) and acut...
Main Authors: | Meredith L McMorrow, Gideon O Emukule, Henry N Njuguna, Godfrey Bigogo, Joel M Montgomery, Bryan Nyawanda, Allan Audi, Robert F Breiman, Mark A Katz, Leonard Cosmas, Lilian W Waiboci, Jazmin Duque, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Joshua A Mott |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4574572?pdf=render |
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