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Seasonal trend of Influenza in Kenya from January - October 2013
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Background: Influenza A and B viruses cause annual epidemics of respiratory illness. The Influenza surveillance network in Kenya through its sentinel surveillance sites located throughout the country has established that ...
Genotypic Diversity of HRSV-A in out-patients with Acute Respiratory Infections in Kenya 2007-2010
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Introduction: Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus is the leading viral cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in children and infants. Amongst adults, the elderly and the immuno-compromised are also at risk of severe RSV. RSV ...
The appropriateness of WHO influenza B vaccine component to Kenya in 2011-2012
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Background: In the 1980’s, influenza B viruses were discovered to belong to two evolutionary groupings (B/Victoria/2/87-like viruses and B/Yamagata/16/88-like viruses) that continue to co-circulate globally in the human ...