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2009 Pandemic Influenza A Virus Subtype H1N1 in Morocco, 2009–2010: Epidemiology, Transmissibility, and Factors Associated With Fatal Cases

scientific article published on December 15, 2012

Assessing the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease using polymerase chain reaction-based surveillance: an experience from South Africa

scientific article published on 26 October 2015

Attributable Fraction of Influenza Virus Detection to Mild and Severe Respiratory Illnesses in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Patients, South Africa, 2012-2016.

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Brucellosis knowledge, attitudes and practices of a South African communal cattle keeper group

Burden and Epidemiology of Influenza- and Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness Hospitalization in Madagascar, 2011-2016

scholarly article by Joelinotahina H Rabarison et al published 28 August 2018 in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

Burden and Epidemiology of Influenza- and Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness Hospitalization in Madagascar, 2011-2016.

scientific article published on 6 April 2018

Can pneumococcal meningitis surveillance be used to assess the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on total invasive pneumococcal disease? A case-study from South Africa, 2005–2016

scholarly article by Jackie Kleynhans et al published 7 May 2019 in Vaccine

Case-ascertained study of household transmission of seasonal influenza - South Africa, 2013.

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Challenges and clinical relevance of molecular detection of Bordetella pertussis in South Africa

scholarly article by Fahima Moosa et al published 21 March 2019 in BMC Infectious Diseases

Challenges of using molecular serotyping for surveillance of pneumococcal disease

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Comparing influenza positivity rates by real-time RT-PCR, ELISA and viral culture methods in Côte d'ivoire, West Africa, in 2009

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Comparison of quantitative real-time PCR and direct immunofluorescence for the detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii

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Deaths associated with respiratory syncytial and influenza viruses among persons ≥5 years of age in HIV-prevalent area, South Africa, 1998-2009(1).

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Declining incidence of invasive meningococcal disease in South Africa: 2003-2016

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Determining the Provincial and National Burden of Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness in South Africa Using a Rapid Assessment Methodology

scientific article published on 8 July 2015

Development of a respiratory severity score for hospitalized adults in a high HIV-prevalence setting-South Africa, 2010-2011.

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Effectiveness and knowledge, attitudes and practices of seasonal influenza vaccine in primary healthcare settings in South Africa, 2010-2013.

scientific article published on May 2015

Effects of vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease in South Africa

scientific article published on 11 November 2014

Enterovirus D68 and other enterovirus serotypes identified in South African patients with severe acute respiratory illness, 2009-2011.

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Enterovirus genotypes among patients with severe acute respiratory illness, influenza-like illness, and asymptomatic individuals in South Africa, 2012-2014.

scientific article published on 2 June 2017

Epidemiology and Molecular Identification and Characterization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, South Africa, 2012-2015.

scientific article published in March 2018

Epidemiology of Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants

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Epidemiology of Serotype 1 Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, South Africa, 2003-2013.

scientific article published on February 2016

Epidemiology of influenza B/Yamagata and B/Victoria lineages in South Africa, 2005-2014.

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Epidemiology of influenza virus types and subtypes in South Africa, 2009-2012.

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Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus-associated acute lower respiratory tract infection hospitalizations among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected South African children, 2010-2011.

scientific article published on December 2013

Epidemiology of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) among adults and children aged ≥5 years in a high HIV-prevalence setting, 2009-2012.

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Epidemiology of viral-associated acute lower respiratory tract infection among children <5 years of age in a high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2009-2012

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Estimated severe pneumococcal disease cases and deaths before and after pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in children younger than 5 years of age in South Africa

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Estimates of global seasonal influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a modelling study

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

Estimating influenza and respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality in Western Kenya using health and demographic surveillance system data, 2007-2013

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Estimating vaccine effectiveness in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza in outpatient settings in South Africa, 2015.

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Evaluation of influenza vaccine effectiveness and description of circulating strains in outpatient settings in South Africa, 2014

scientific article published on July 2015

Evaluation of the influenza sentinel surveillance system in Madagascar, 2009-2014.

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Evaluation of two influenza surveillance systems in South Africa

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Excess Mortality Associated with Influenza among Tuberculosis Deaths in South Africa, 1999-2009

scientific article published on 15 June 2015

Genetic diversity and molecular epidemiology of human rhinoviruses in South Africa

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Global variation in early epidemic growth rates and reproduction number of seasonal influenza

scientific article published on 17 June 2022

HIV and influenza virus infections are associated with increased blood pneumococcal load: a prospective, hospital-based observational study in South Africa, 2009-2011.

scientific article published on 6 August 2013

Health and economic burden of influenza-associated illness in South Africa, 2013-2015

scientific article published on 11 June 2019

High nasopharyngeal pneumococcal density, increased by viral coinfection, is associated with invasive pneumococcal pneumonia

scientific article published on 6 June 2014

Hospitalizations associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus among patients attending a network of private hospitals in South Africa, 2007-2012.

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Household Transmission of Seasonal Influenza From HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Individuals in South Africa, 2013–2014

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Human bocavirus, coronavirus, and polyomavirus detected among patients hospitalised with severe acute respiratory illness in South Africa, 2012 to 2013

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

scientific article published on 18 June 2015

Imputing the Direct and Indirect Effectiveness of Childhood Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Against Invasive Pneumococcal Disease by Surveying Temporal Changes in Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Colonization

scientific article published on 6 May 2017

In- and Out-of-hospital Mortality Associated with Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus in South Africa, 2009-2013.

scientific article published on 10 October 2017

Increased risk for and mortality from invasive pneumococcal disease in HIV-exposed but uninfected infants aged <1 year in South Africa, 2009-2013.

scientific article published on 2 February 2015

Influenza Sentinel Surveillance among Patients with Influenza-Like-Illness and Severe Acute Respiratory Illness within the Framework of the National Reference Laboratory, Niger, 2009-2013.

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Influenza Surveillance in Zambia, 2008-2009

scientific article published on December 15, 2012

Influenza and tuberculosis co-infection: A systematic review

scientific article published on 30 September 2019

Influenza epidemiology and vaccine effectiveness among patients with influenza-like illness, viral watch sentinel sites, South Africa, 2005-2009.

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Influenza sentinel surveillance in Rwanda, 2008-2010.

scientific article published on December 2012

Influenza surveillance in 15 countries in Africa, 2006-2010.

scientific article published in December 2012

Influenza virus infection is associated with increased risk of death amongst patients hospitalized with confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in South Africa, 2010-2011.

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Influenza-associated mortality in South Africa, 2009-2013: The importance of choices related to influenza infection proxies

scientific article published on 2 December 2017

Intra-host and intra-household diversity of influenza A viruses during household transmissions in the 2013 season in 2 peri-urban communities of South Africa.

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Introduction of 2009 pandemic influenza A virus subtype H1N1 into South Africa: clinical presentation, epidemiology, and transmissibility of the first 100 cases

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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of South African healthcare workers regarding the prevention and treatment of influenza among HIV-infected individuals

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices about influenza illness and vaccination: a cross-sectional survey in two South African communities

scientific article published on 14 March 2016

Legionnaires' Disease in South Africa, 2012-2014

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Measles outbreak in South Africa: epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed measles cases and assessment of intervention, 2009-2011

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Molecular detection of respiratory pathogens among children aged younger than 5 years hospitalized with febrile acute respiratory infections: A prospective hospital-based observational study in Niamey, Niger

scientific article published on 11 October 2019

Mortality Associated With Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women of Childbearing Age in a High-HIV-Prevalence Setting-South Africa, 1999-2009.

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Mortality amongst patients with influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness, South Africa, 2009-2013.

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Mortality associated with seasonal and pandemic influenza and respiratory syncytial virus among children <5 years of age in a high HIV prevalence setting--South Africa, 1998-2009.

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Parainfluenza Virus Infection Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Children and Adults Hospitalized for Severe Acute Respiratory Illness in South Africa, 2009-2014.

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Performance of Surveillance Case Definitions in Detecting Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Among Young Children Hospitalized With Severe Respiratory Illness—South Africa, 2009–2014

scholarly article by Brian Rha et al published 21 June 2018 in Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Phylogenetic Analysis of Invasive Serotype 1 Pneumococcus in South Africa, 1989 to 2013.

scientific article published on 9 March 2016

Potential impact of co-infections and co-morbidities prevalent in Africa on influenza severity and frequency: a systematic review

journal article published in 2015

Prioritization of risk groups for influenza vaccination in resource limited settings - A case study from South Africa

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Quantifying how Different Clinical Presentations, Levels of Severity and Healthcare Attendance Shape the Burden of Influenza-Associated Illness: a Modeling Study from South Africa

scientific article published in 2018

Replacement and positive evolution of subtype A and B respiratory syncytial virus G-protein genotypes from 1997-2012 in South Africa

scientific article published on December 2013

Replacement of neuraminidase inhibitor-susceptible influenza A(H1N1) with resistant phenotype in 2008 and circulation of susceptible influenza A and B viruses during 2009-2013, South Africa

Reproductive number and serial interval of the first wave of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus in South Africa

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Respiratory syncytial virus in adults with severe acute respiratory illness in a high HIV prevalence setting

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Responses to hypothetical health scenarios overestimate healthcare utilization for common infectious syndromes: a cross-sectional survey, South Africa, 2012

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Risk Factors for Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Illness Hospitalization in South Africa, 2012-2015

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Risk factors associated with exposure to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in animal workers and cattle, and molecular detection in ticks, South Africa

scientific article published on 28 May 2021

Risk factors associated with hospitalisation for influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness in South Africa: A case-population study

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Risk mapping of Rinderpest sero-prevalence in Central and Southern Somalia based on spatial and network risk factors

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Risk of Human Infections With Highly Pathogenic H5N2 and Low Pathogenic H7N1 Avian Influenza Strains During Outbreaks in Ostriches in South Africa

scientific article published on September 2017

Screening for Rift Valley fever infection in northern Somalia: a GIS based survey method to overcome the lack of sampling frame

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Severe Acute Respiratory Illness Deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Role of Influenza: A Case Series From 8 Countries

scientific article published on 23 February 2015

Severe influenza-associated respiratory infection in high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2009-2011.

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Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Lower Respiratory Tract Infection With Viral Coinfection in HIV-Uninfected Children

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The Burden and Clinical Presentation of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Adults With Severe Respiratory Illness in a High Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevalence Setting, 2012-2014.

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The Fraction of Rhinovirus Detections Attributable to Mild and Severe Respiratory Illness in a Setting of High Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevalence, South Africa, 2013–2015

scholarly article by Orienka Hellferscee et al published 22 December 2018 in Journal of Infectious Diseases

The Impact of Influenza and Tuberculosis Interaction on Mortality Among Individuals Aged ≥15 Years Hospitalized With Severe Respiratory Illness in South Africa, 2010-2016

scholarly article by Sibongile Walaza et al published March 2019 in Open Forum Infectious Diseases

The effects of the attributable fraction and the duration of symptoms on burden estimates of influenza-associated respiratory illnesses in a high HIV prevalence setting, South Africa, 2013-2015.

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The impact of HIV exposure on respiratory syncytial virus-associated severe respiratory illness in South African infants, 2011-2016

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The national and provincial burden of medically attended influenza-associated influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory illness in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2013-2015

scholarly article by Pélagie Babakazo et al published November 2018 in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

The national burden of influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness hospitalization in Rwanda, 2012-2014.

scientific article published on 2 December 2017

The national burden of influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness hospitalization in Zambia, 2011-2014.

scientific article published on 15 December 2017

The performance of different case definitions for severe influenza surveillance among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children aged <5 years in South Africa, 2011-2015

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

The role of HIV in influenza- and respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalizations in South African children, 2011-2016

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The role of influenza, RSV and other common respiratory viruses in severe acute respiratory infections and influenza-like illness in a population with a high HIV sero-prevalence, South Africa 2012-2015.

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Viral and bacterial etiology of severe acute respiratory illness among children < 5 years of age without influenza in Niger

scientific article published on 14 November 2015