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Immunization coverage and risk factors for failure to immunize within the Expanded Programme on Immunization in Kenya after introduction of new Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis b virus antigensMoses Ndiritu
Wellcome Trust Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
BMC Public Health 6:132. 2006..We estimated immunization coverage before and after introduction, timeliness of vaccination and risk factors for failure to immunize in Kilifi district, Kenya...- Does water hyacinth on East African lakes promote cholera outbreaks?Daniel R Feikin
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:370-3. 2010..83; P = 0.0010). Water hyacinth on freshwater lakes might play a role in initiating cholera outbreaks and causing sporadic disease in East Africa... - High rate of pneumococcal bacteremia in a prospective cohort of older children and adults in an area of high HIV prevalence in rural western KenyaDaniel R Feikin
International Emerging Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mbagathi Road, off Mbagathi Way, Nairobi, Kenya
BMC Infect Dis 10:186. 2010..We evaluated pneumococcal bacteremia among 21,000 persons > or =5 years old in a prospective cohort as part of population-based infectious disease surveillance in rural western Kenya from October 2006-September 2008... - The burden of common infectious disease syndromes at the clinic and household level from population-based surveillance in rural and urban KenyaDaniel R Feikin
International Emerging Infections Program Kenya, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nairobi and Kisumu, Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya
PLoS ONE 6:e16085. 2011..Characterizing infectious disease burden in Africa is important for prioritizing and targeting limited resources for curative and preventive services and monitoring the impact of interventions... 
The impact of distance of residence from a peripheral health facility on pediatric health utilisation in rural western KenyaDaniel R Feikin
Kenya Medical Research Institute KEMRI, Kisumu, Kenya
Trop Med Int Health 14:54-61. 2009..To explore the impact of distance on utilisation of peripheral health facilities for sick child visits in Asembo, rural western Kenya...- Evaluation of the optimal recall period for disease symptoms in home-based morbidity surveillance in rural and urban KenyaDaniel R Feikin
International Emerging Infections Program, Kenya, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya
Int J Epidemiol 39:450-8. 2010..In African settings with poor access to health care, surveillance and surveys of disease burden are often done through home visits. The optimal recall period to capture data on symptoms and health utilization is unknown... - Relationship of climate, geography, and geology to the incidence of Rift Valley fever in Kenya during the 2006-2007 outbreakAllen Hightower
Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 86:373-80. 2012..Cases occurred in three spatial temporal clusters that differed by the date of associated rainfall, soil type, and land usage... - Profile: the KEMRI/CDC Health and Demographic Surveillance System--Western KenyaFrank O Odhiambo
KEMRI CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration, Kisumu, Kenya
Int J Epidemiol 41:977-87. 2012..The HDSS also collects verbal autopsy information on all deaths. Studies take advantage of the sampling frame inherent in the HDSS, whether at individual, household/compound or neighbourhood level... - Etiology and Incidence of viral and bacterial acute respiratory illness among older children and adults in rural western Kenya, 2007-2010Daniel R Feikin
Global Disease Detection Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, International Emerging Infections Program, Kisumu, Kenya
PLoS ONE 7:e43656. 2012..Few comprehensive data exist on disease incidence for specific etiologies of acute respiratory illness (ARI) in older children and adults in Africa... - Impact of implementation of free high-quality health care on health facility attendance by sick children in rural western KenyaClara R Burgert
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Trop Med Int Health 16:711-20. 2011..To explore whether implementation of free high-quality care as part of research programmes resulted in greater health facility attendance by sick children... - The epidemiology of hospitalization with diarrhea in rural Kenya: the utility of existing health facility data in developing countriesJeffrey A Tornheim
International Emerging Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Unit 64112, APO, AE 09831, Kenya
Int J Infect Dis 14:e499-505. 2010..In developing countries where prospective surveillance is resource-intensive, existing hospital data can define incidence, mortality, and risk factors that can help target interventions and track trends in disease burden... - Healthcare-use for major infectious disease syndromes in an informal settlement in Nairobi, KenyaRobert F Breiman
International Emerging Infections Program, CDC Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
J Health Popul Nutr 29:123-33. 2011..The findings support community-based rather than facility-based surveillance in this setting to achieve objectives for comprehensive assessment of the burden of disease... - Risk factors for death among children less than 5 years old hospitalized with diarrhea in rural western Kenya, 2005-2007: a cohort studyCiara E O'Reilly
Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS Med 9:e1001256. 2012..Data on risk factors for mortality are limited. We conducted hospital-based surveillance to characterize the etiology of diarrhea and identify risk factors for death among children hospitalized with diarrhea in rural western Kenya... - Secondary household transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus among an urban and rural population in Kenya, 2009-2010Clara Y Kim
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e38166. 2012..We used population-based infectious disease surveillance (PBIDS) data to assess household transmission of pH1N1 in urban Nairobi (Kibera) and rural Lwak... - Differing burden and epidemiology of non-Typhi Salmonella bacteremia in rural and urban Kenya, 2006-2009Collins Tabu
Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Nairobi, Kenya
PLoS ONE 7:e31237. 2012..The epidemiology of non-Typhi Salmonella (NTS) bacteremia in Africa will likely evolve as potential co-factors, such as HIV, malaria, and urbanization, also change... - Healthcare-seeking behaviour for common infectious disease-related illnesses in rural Kenya: a community-based house-to-house surveyDeron C Burton
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Health Popul Nutr 29:61-70. 2011..Seeking healthcare at health facilities and hospitals varied by syndrome, severity of illness, and characteristics of the patient... 
Does cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV-associated opportunistic infections select for resistant pathogens in Kenyan adults?Mary J Hamel
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 79:320-30. 2008..005). Daily cotrimoxazole prevented malaria and reduced incidence of antifolate-resistant P. falciparum but contributed to increased pneumococcus and commensal Escherichia coli resistance...- The population-based burden of influenza-associated hospitalization in rural western Kenya, 2007-2009Daniel R Feikin
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PO Box 1578, Kisumu, Kenya
Bull World Health Organ 90:256-263A. 2012..To estimate the burden and age-specific rates of influenza-associated hospitalization in rural western Kenya... - Risk factors for hospitalized seasonal influenza in rural western KenyaMaurice O Ope
Department of Disease Surveillance and Response, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya
PLoS ONE 6:e20111. 2011..Risk factors for influenza hospitalization in Africa are unknown, including the role of HIV... - Population-based incidence of typhoid fever in an urban informal settlement and a rural area in Kenya: implications for typhoid vaccine use in AfricaRobert F Breiman
Global Disease Detection Division, Kenya Office of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya
PLoS ONE 7:e29119. 2012..We set out to compare incidence of typhoid fever in a densely populated urban slum and a rural community in Kenya, hypothesizing higher rates in the urban area, given crowding and suboptimal access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene... - Health-seeking patterns among participants of population-based morbidity surveillance in rural western Kenya: implications for calculating disease ratesGodfrey Bigogo
Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, PO Box 1578 40100, Kisumu, Kenya
Int J Infect Dis 14:e967-73. 2010..We describe temporal patterns in health care seeking by syndrome as part of population-based morbidity surveillance in rural western Kenya... - Geospatial distribution and determinants of child mortality in rural western Kenya 2002-2005Maurice Ombok
Kenya Medical Research Institute Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Research and Public Health Collaboration, Kisumu, Kenya
Trop Med Int Health 15:423-33. 2010..To describe local geospatial variation and geospatial risk factors for child mortality in rural western Kenya... - Viral and bacterial causes of severe acute respiratory illness among children aged less than 5 years in a high malaria prevalence area of western Kenya, 2007-2010Daniel R Feikin
International Emerging Infections Program, Global Disease Detection Division, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya, Kisumu, Kenya
Pediatr Infect Dis J 32:e14-9. 2013..Few comprehensive data exist on the etiology of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) among African children... - Effectiveness of Haemophilus influenzae type b Conjugate vaccine introduction into routine childhood immunization in KenyaKaren D Cowgill
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, Division of Applied Public Health Training, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
JAMA 296:671-8. 2006..This impact was not observed until the third year after vaccine introduction... - Mortality and health among internally displaced persons in western Kenya following post-election violence, 2008: novel use of demographic surveillanceDaniel R Feikin
Kenya Medical Research Institute Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kisumu, Kenya
Bull World Health Organ 88:601-8. 2010..To evaluate mortality and morbidity among internally displaced persons (IDPs) who relocated in a demographic surveillance system (DSS) area in western Kenya following post-election violence... - Cholera outbreak in Kenyan refugee camp: risk factors for illness and importance of sanitationAlvin Shultz
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya
Am J Trop Med Hyg 80:640-5. 2009.... - Increased prevalence of pediatric pneumococcal serotypes in elderly adultsDaniel R Feikin
Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Infect Dis 41:481-7. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: The increased proportion of severe pneumococcal disease caused by pediatric serotypes in the elderly population might indicate opportunities for prevention with use of PCV7... - Home-based HIV testing and counseling in rural and urban Kenyan communitiesWarren Dalal
Global AIDS Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 62:e47-54. 2013..In sub-Saharan Africa, most people with HIV do not know they are infected... - High mortality in a cholera outbreak in western Kenya after post-election violence in 2008O Tipo Shikanga
Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program Kenya, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya
Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:1085-90. 2009..Cholera mortality was under-reported and very high, in part because of factors exacerbated by widespread post-election violence... - Risk factors for severe Rift Valley fever infection in Kenya, 2007Amwayi S Anyangu
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya
Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:14-21. 2010..67, 95% CI = 1.07-12.64, PAR% = 47%). Exposures related to animal contact were associated with acute RVF infection, whereas exposures to mosquitoes were not independent risk factors... - A reversal in reductions of child mortality in western Kenya, 2003-2009Mary J Hamel
Malaria Branch, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, International Emerging Infections Program, Global Disease Detection Division, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 85:597-605. 2011..To maintain gains in child survival, implementation of good policies and effective interventions must be complemented by reliable supply and access to clinical services and essential drugs... - Could a single dose of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children be effective? Modeling the optimal age of vaccinationEzra J Barzilay
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Atlanta, GA, USA
Vaccine 24:904-13. 2006..IPD reduction ranged from 15 to 62%, depending on model parameters. A single PCV dose in infants could prevent substantial IPD... - Challenges of establishing the correct diagnosis of outbreaks of acute febrile illnesses in Africa: the case of a likely Brucella outbreak among nomadic pastoralists, northeast Kenya, March-July 2005Mary D Ari
Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 85:909-12. 2011..Better diagnostics and tools that can decipher overlapping signs and symptoms in such settings are needed... - Use of population-based surveillance to define the high incidence of shigellosis in an urban slum in Nairobi, KenyaHenry N Njuguna
Global Disease Detection Program, Kenya Medical Research Institute KEMRI Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya CDC K Collaboration, Nairobi, Kenya
PLoS ONE 8:e58437. 2013..We investigated the epidemiology of shigellosis and drug susceptibility patterns within a densely populated urban settlement in Nairobi, Kenya through population-based surveillance... - Sequential Rift Valley fever outbreaks in eastern Africa caused by multiple lineages of the virusLeonard Nderitu
Global Disease Detection Division, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
J Infect Dis 203:655-65. 2011..During the Rift Valley fever (RVF) epidemic of 2006-2007 in eastern Africa, spatial mapping of the outbreaks across Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania was performed and the RVF viruses were isolated and genetically characterized... - Novel antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal strains recovered from the upper respiratory tracts of HIV-infected adults and their children in Kisumu, KenyaMarie-Jo Medina
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Microb Drug Resist 11:9-17. 2005..mlst.net... - An investigation of a major outbreak of Rift Valley fever in Kenya: 2006-2007Patrick M Nguku
Division of Communicable Disease Control, Kenya Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya
Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:5-13. 2010..However, there were up to 180,000 infected mildly ill or asymptomatic people within highly affected areas. Soil type data may add specificity to climate-based forecasting models for RVF... - The epidemiology of hospitalized pneumonia in rural Kenya: the potential of surveillance data in setting public health prioritiesJeffrey A Tornheim
International Emerging Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Unit 64112, APO, AE 09831, Kenya
Int J Infect Dis 11:536-43. 2007..We evaluated data on hospitalized patients diagnosed with pneumonia in rural western Kenya to characterize pneumonia epidemiology and mortality... - Mortality of sick children after outpatient treatment at first-level health facilities in rural western KenyaKim A Lindblade
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Trop Med Int Health 12:1258-68. 2007.... - Epidemiology and risk factors for serogroup X meningococcal meningitis during an outbreak in western Kenya, 2005-2006David M Mutonga
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kenya Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya
Am J Trop Med Hyg 80:619-24. 2009..Serogroup X meningococcus caused an outbreak with similar epidemiology and risk factors as other serogroups. Serogroup-specific laboratory-based surveillance for meningococcus in Africa to detect serogroup X disease should be enhanced... - Influenza and malaria coinfection among young children in western Kenya, 2009-2011Mark G Thompson
Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 206:1674-84. 2012..Although children <5 years old in sub-Saharan Africa are vulnerable to both malaria and influenza, little is known about coinfection... - Two outbreaks of severe respiratory disease in nursing homes associated with rhinovirusLauri A Hicks
Respiratory Diseases Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:284-9. 2006..To characterize illness and identify the etiology for two nursing home outbreaks of respiratory illness... - Rotavirus disease burden and impact and cost-effectiveness of a rotavirus vaccination program in kenyaJacqueline E Tate
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 200:S76-84. 2009..The projected impact and cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination are important for supporting rotavirus vaccine introduction in Africa, where limited health intervention funds are available... - Nutritional status of under-five children living in an informal urban settlement in Nairobi, KenyaBeatrice Olack
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
J Health Popul Nutr 29:357-63. 2011..The findings of the study suggest that tackling childhood stunting is a high priority, and there should be fostered efforts to ensure that malnutrition-prevention strategies include the urban poor... - Impact of haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine in South Africa and ArgentinaMichael Martin
Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:842-7. 2004..Surrogate indicators of bacterial meningitis also declined and might be useful measures of Hib conjugate vaccine impact at hospitals where capacity to culture Hib is not available... - Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine is highly effective in the Ugandan routine immunization program: a case-control studyEllen Hyun Ju Lee
Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Trop Med Int Health 13:495-502. 2008..To study the effectiveness of the Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccination program in Uganda... - Antibiotic resistance and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing rural Malawian childrenDaniel R Feikin
Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PHS DHHS, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop C23, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 22:564-7. 2003..Forty-three percent of isolates were serotypes included in the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, and 37% were vaccine-related serotypes, particularly 6A and 19A... - The feasibility of using mobile-phone based SMS reminders and conditional cash transfers to improve timely immunization in rural KenyaHotenzia Wakadha
Kenya Medical Research Institute Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health and Research Collaboration, Kisumu, Kenya
Vaccine 31:987-93. 2013..We studied the feasibility of using short message services (SMS) reminders and mobile phone-based conditional cash transfers (CCTs) to reach parents in rural Western Kenya... - Rickettsia felis infection in febrile patients, western Kenya, 2007-2010Alice N Maina
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
Emerg Infect Dis 18:328-31. 2012..Antibodies against rickettsiae were detected in 57.4% of previously collected serum samples. In a 2008-2010 prospective study, Rickettsia felis DNA was 2.2× more likely to be detected in febrile than in afebrile persons... - Community case management of childhood diarrhea in a setting with declining use of oral rehydration therapy: findings from cross-sectional studies among primary household caregivers, Kenya, 2007Christine K Olson
Epidemic Intelligence Service and Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 85:1134-40. 2011..Health workers have a critical role in empowering caregivers regarding early treatment with ORT and continued feeding. Increasing community ORS availability is essential to improving diarrhea management... - Effect of handwashing on child health: a randomised controlled trialStephen P Luby
Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Centers for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Lancet 366:225-33. 2005..We undertook a randomised controlled trial to assess the effect of handwashing promotion with soap on the incidence of acute respiratory infection, impetigo, and diarrhoea... - Application of TaqMan low-density arrays for simultaneous detection of multiple respiratory pathogensMaja Kodani
Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 49:2175-82. 2011..The TLDA card approach offers promise for rapid and simultaneous identification of multiple respiratory pathogens for outbreak investigations and disease surveillance... - Assessing the sensitivity of surveillance for pneumonia in rural ThailandShadi Chamany
Epidemic Intelligence Service and Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Office of Workforce and Career Development OWCD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 39:549-56. 2008.... - Hospitalized patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009, KenyaEric Mogaka Osoro
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya
Emerg Infect Dis 17:1744-6. 2011..The median age (7 years) was lower than that in industrialized countries. More patients had HIV than the general Kenyan population... - Specificity of the antibody response to the pneumococcal polysaccharide and conjugate vaccines in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adultsDaniel R Feikin
Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Centers for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 11:137-41. 2004..These findings confirm that absorption with a heterologous pneumococcal polysaccharide (e.g., 22F) is necessary to remove nonspecific antibodies in a standardized IgG ELISA for pneumococcal capsular antibodies in HIV-infected adults... - A large outbreak of histoplasmosis among American travelers associated with a hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, spring 2001Juliette Morgan
Mycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:663-9. 2003..7-30.5; P < 0.001). This is the first histoplasmosis outbreak associated with a hotel undergoing construction. Hotels in endemic areas should consider construction precaution measures to prevent histoplasmosis among their guests... - Historical changes in pneumococcal serogroup distribution: implications for the era of pneumococcal conjugate vaccinesDaniel R Feikin
Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 35:547-55. 2002..These historical trends in serogroup distribution may be explained by changes in antibiotic use, socioeconomic conditions, the immunocompromised status of populations, and blood-culturing practices... - Rapid spread of Vibrio cholerae O1 throughout Kenya, 2005Isaac Mugoya
Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program Kenya, CDC, Nairobi, Kenya
Am J Trop Med Hyg 78:527-33. 2008..Prevention measures remain implementation of point-of-use safe water systems and case finding and referral... - Lack of SARS transmission and U.S. SARS case-patientAngela J Peck
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Respiratory and Enteric Virus Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:217-24. 2004..Improving the understanding of risk factors for transmission will help focus public health control measures... - Global strategies to prevent bacterial pneumonia in adults with HIV diseaseDaniel R Feikin
Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Lancet Infect Dis 4:445-55. 2004..Although not yet fully evaluated in Africa, based on experience in industrialised nations, use of HAART in Africa may have substantial potential to prevent bacterial pneumonia... - Rapid assessment tool for Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in developing countriesDaniel R Feikin
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:1270-6. 2004..Results were affected by the quality of available data. The Hib rapid assessment tool can be useful to countries that desire a timely assessment of Hib disease rates... - Recurrence of legionnaires disease at a hotel in the United States Virgin Islands over a 20-year periodKaren D Cowgill
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 40:1205-7. 2005..The temperature of the potable water at the hotel was in a range that could optimally support the growth of Legionella species, and the potable water was colonized with Legionella pneumophila in 1981-1982 and in 2002-2003... - Using a field quantitative real-time PCR test to rapidly identify highly viremic rift valley fever casesM Kariuki Njenga
International Emerging Infections Program, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
J Clin Microbiol 47:1166-71. 2009..This study shows a correlation between high viremia and fatality and indicates that qRT-PCR testing can identify nearly all fatal RVF cases... - Safety of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine (PRV), RotaTeq(®), in Kenya, including among HIV-infected and HIV-exposed infantsKayla F Laserson
Kenya Medical Research Institute Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Research and Public Health Collaboration, Kenya
Vaccine 30:A61-70. 2012..Further, SAEs were not significantly more common among HIV-infected or HIV-exposed participants; however, the low number of HIV-infected infants did not provide sufficient power to fully assess safety in HIV-infected vaccine recipients...