Continuous Invasion by Respiratory Viruses Observed in Rural Households During a Respiratory Syncytial Virus Seasonal Outbreak in Coastal Kenya-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Continuous Invasion by Respiratory Viruses Observed in Rural Households During a Respiratory Syncytial Virus Seasonal Outbreak in Coastal Kenya

Published:2018-04-16 Issue:10 Volume:67 Page:1559-1567
ISSN:1058-4838
Container-title:Clinical Infectious Diseases
language:en
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Author:

Munywoki Patrick K¹²,Koech Dorothy C¹,Agoti Charles N¹²,Cane Patricia A³,Medley Graham F⁴,Nokes D James¹⁵

Affiliation:

1. Epidemiology and Demography Department, Kenya Medical Research Institute–Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research–Coast

2. Department of Nursing and Public Health, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya

3. High Containment Microbiology, Public Health England, Salisbury

4. Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London

5. School of Life Sciences and Zeeman Institute for Systems Biology and Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Abstract

This is the first household study of multiple respiratory viruses in a low-income setting that used intensive sampling regardless of symptoms. There was a remarkably high frequency of virus infection and illness, demonstrating the opportunity for complex interactions.

Funder

Wellcome Trust

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical)

Link

http://academic.oup.com/cid/article-pdf/67/10/1559/26189632/ciy313.pdf

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