The national and provincial burden of medically attended influenza‐associated influenza‐like illness and severe acute respiratory illness in the Democratic Republic …

P Babakazo, L Lubula, W Disasuani… - Influenza and other …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Estimates of influenza‐associated outpatient consultations and hospitalizations
are severely limited in low‐and middle‐income countries, especially in Africa. Methods We …

Comorbidity in context: Part 1. Medical considerations around HIV and tuberculosis during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa

TM Rossouw, MT Boswell, AG Nienaber… - South African Medical …, 2020 - journals.co.za
Infectious diseases pandemics have devastating health, social and economic
consequences, especially in developing countries such as South Africa. Scarce medical …

Hospitalization and death among patients with influenza, Guatemala, 2008–2012

T Ao, JP McCracken, MR Lopez, C Bernart, R Chacon… - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background Influenza is a major cause of respiratory illness resulting in 3–5 million severe
cases and 291,243-645,832 deaths annually. Substantial health and financial burden may …

Design and validation of small interfering RNA on respiratory syncytial virus M2-2 gene: A potential approach in RNA interference on viral replication

VK Chin, NAA Aziz, SA Hudu, NS Harmal… - Journal of virological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of severe lower respiratory
tract infection in infants and young children globally and is a significant pathogen of the …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogens detected using a syndromic molecular diagnostic platform in patients hospitalized with severe respiratory illness in South Africa in 2017

M Moleleki, M du Plessis, K Ndlangisa, C Reddy… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives We describe the use of a multipathogen platform, TaqMan array card (TAC) real-
time polymerase chain reaction, for the detection of pathogens in patients hospitalized with …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of HIV on the burden and severity of influenza illness in Malawian adults: a prospective cohort and parallel case-control study

A Ho, SJ Aston, H Jary, T Mitchell, M Alaerts… - Clin Infect Dis, 2017 - core.ac.uk
Impact of HIV on the burden and severity of influenza infection in Malawian adults: a
prospective cohort and case-control study Page 1 © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford …

Pneumonia surveillance with culture-independent metatranscriptomics in HIV-positive adults in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

N Spottiswoode, JD Bloomstein, S Caldera… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Pneumonia is a leading cause of death worldwide and is a major health-care
challenge in people living with HIV. Despite this, the causes of pneumonia in this population …

parainfluenza virus infection among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and HIV-uninfected children and adults hospitalized for severe acute respiratory …

AL Cohen, PK Sahr, F Treurnicht… - Open forum …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background. Parainfluenza virus (PIV) is a common cause of acute respiratory tract
infections, but little is known about PIV infection in children and adults in Africa, especially in …

Epidemiology and aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia in children: South African Thoracic Society guidelines (part 1)

DP Moore, RJ Green, C Cohen, G Itzikowitz… - South African Medical …, 2020 - journals.co.za
Background. Pneumonia remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among South
African (SA) children. Improved immunisation regimens, strengthening of HIV programmes …

Healthcare seeking behaviour for common infectious syndromes among people in three administrative regions of Johannesburg, South Africa, 2015: a cross-sectional …

R Mapuroma, C Cohen, L Kuonza, A Musekiwa… - Pan African Medical …, 2019 - ajol.info
Introduction: hospital-based surveillance programs only capture people presenting to
facilities and may underestimate disease burden. We conducted a healthcare utilisation …