Pneumonia, meningitis, and Septicemia in adults and older children in rural Gambia: 8 years of population-based surveillance

EW Green, M Ndiaye, IM Hossain… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Representative data describing serious infections in children aged≥ 5 years
and adults in Africa are limited. Methods We conducted population-based surveillance for …

Mortality estimates among adult patients with severe acute respiratory infections from two sentinel hospitals in southern Arizona, United States, 2010–2014

SR Barnes, Z Wansaula, K Herrick, E Oren… - BMC Infectious …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background From October 2010 through February 2016, Arizona conducted
surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) among adults hospitalized in the …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in laboratory assays for detecting human metapneumovirus

S Jeong, MJ Park, W Song, HS Kim - Annals of Translational …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is one of the major causes of acute respiratory tract
infection (ARI) and shows high morbidity and mortality, particularly in children and …

Risk factors for severe coronavirus disease 2019 among human immunodeficiency virus-infected and-uninfected individuals in South Africa, April 2020–March 2022 …

S Walaza, S Tempia, A von Gottberg… - Open Forum …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Data on risk factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated
hospitalization and mortality in high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence …

Case fatality rate and viral aetiologies of acute respiratory tract infections in HIV positive and negative people in Africa: The VARIAFRICA-HIV systematic review and …

S Kenmoe, JJ Bigna, AF Modiyingi… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background To set priorities for efficient control of acute respiratory tract infection (ARTI) in
Africa, it is necessary to have accurate estimate of its burden, especially among HIV-infected …

Using research to prepare for outbreaks of severe acute respiratory infection

Sprint-Sari Investigators - BMJ Global Health, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
Severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) remain one of the leading causes of mortality
around the world in all age groups. There is large global variation in epidemiology, clinical …

Human metapneumovirus-associated severe acute respiratory illness hospitalisation in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected South African children and adults

MJ Groome, J Moyes, C Cohen, S Walaza… - Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Data on human metapneumovirus (HMPV)-associated severe acute respiratory
illness (SARI) are limited in settings with high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection …

Burden of respiratory viral infection in persons with human immunodeficiency virus

SA Sellers, KL Dover, AG Bailey… - Influenza and Other …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of respiratory viral infections (RVI) in
persons living with HIV (PLH) admitted with a respiratory complaint using real‐time reverse …

Human immunodeficiency virus infection

P Patel, E Raizes, LN Broyles - Hunter's Tropical Medicine and Emerging …, 2020 - Elsevier
As of the end of 2015, there were an estimated 37 million people living with HIV worldwide,
with the majority residing in sub-Saharan Africa. International efforts have expanded access …

Diagnosis of viral infections

M Pretorius, M Venter - Viral Infections in Children, Volume I, 2017 - Springer
Accurate diagnosis of viral infections enhances the ability of the clinician to make decisions
on appropriate treatment of patients, evaluate disease progression and prevent misuse of …