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1445. Impact of 10-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Introduction on Pneumococcal Carriage and Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns Among Children Aged <5 Years and Adults with HIV Infection, Kenya 2009–2013

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2618. Determination of the Chemical Structure of a Novel Pneumococcal Serotype, 39X

768Host Gene Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Viral Enteropathogens in Children Living in The Gambia and Kenya.

scientific article published in December 2014

A Multicountry Molecular Analysis of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi With Reduced Susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin in Sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on March 2016

A New Pneumococcal Capsule Type, 10D, is the 100th Serotype and Has a Large cps Fragment from an Oral Streptococcus

scientific article published on 19 May 2020

A community outbreak of Legionnaires' disease linked to hospital cooling towers: an epidemiological method to calculate dose of exposure

scholarly article by C M Brown et al published April 1999 in International Journal of Epidemiology

A framework for the study of zoonotic disease emergence and its drivers: spillover of bat pathogens as a case study

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A low-cost approach to measure the burden of vaccine preventable diseases in urban areas

scientific article published on July 2010

A mosaic tetracycline resistance gene tet(S/M) detected in an MDR pneumococcal CC230 lineage that underwent capsular switching in South Africa

scientific article published in March 2020

A multinational, randomized, placebo-controlled trial to assess the immunogenicity, safety, and tolerability of live attenuated influenza vaccine coadministered with oral poliovirus vaccine in healthy young children

scientific article published on 17 July 2009

A national cholera epidemic with high case fatality rates--Kenya 2009.

scientific article published on November 2013

A rapid assessment of drinking water quality in informal settlements after a cholera outbreak in Nairobi, Kenya

scientific article published on September 2015

Access to waterless hand sanitizer improves student hand hygiene behavior in primary schools in Nairobi, Kenya

scientific article published on 08 July 2013

Accuracy of ICD-9-CM codes in detecting community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia for incidence and vaccine efficacy studies

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Action plan for drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. The DRSP Working Group

scientific article published in April 1995

Additional Diagnostic Yield of Adding Serology to PCR in Diagnosing Viral Acute Respiratory Infections in Kenyan Patients 5 Years of Age and Older

scientific article published on October 31, 2012

Advances in the Epidemiology and Control of Legionella Infections

scientific article published on January 1, 1991

Aeromonas-Associated Diarrhea in Children Under 5 Years: The GEMS Experience

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Aflatoxin levels in locally grown maize from Makueni District, Kenya.

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An Observational Pilot Study Evaluating the Utility of Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling to Determine the Cause of Stillbirths in South African Women

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

An epidemic of pneumococcal disease in an overcrowded, inadequately ventilated jail

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An investigation of a major outbreak of Rift Valley fever in Kenya: 2006-2007

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An occasion for pause and reflection--challenges to public health during times of instability: a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Kenya Medical Research Institute on the post-election violence in Kenya

scientific article published on 01 May 2008

Analyses of health outcomes from the 5 sites participating in the Africa and Asia clinical efficacy trials of the oral pentavalent rotavirus vaccine

scientific article published in April 2012

Analyses of health outcomes from the 5 sites participating in the Africa and Asia clinical efficacy trials of the oral pentavalent rotavirus vaccine

research work

Animal-related factors associated with moderate-to-severe diarrhea in children younger than five years in western Kenya: A matched case-control study

scientific article published on 4 August 2017

Antibody persistence in mothers one year after pneumococcal immunization in pregnancy

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Antimicrobial resistance determinants and susceptibility profiles of pneumococcal isolates recovered in Trinidad and Tobago

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Application of TaqMan Low-Density Arrays for Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Respiratory Pathogens

scientific article published on April 6, 2011

Are Kenyan healthcare workers willing to receive the pandemic influenza vaccine? Results from a cross-sectional survey of healthcare workers in Kenya about knowledge, attitudes and practices concerning infection with and vaccination against 2009 pan

scientific article published on February 4, 2011

Assessing parents’ knowledge and attitudes towards seasonal influenza vaccination of children before and after a seasonal influenza vaccination effectiveness study in low-income urban and rural Kenya, 2010–2011

scientific article published on April 25, 2013

Association of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes isolates with clinical components of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

scientific article

Association of shower use with Legionnaires' disease. Possible role of amoebae

scientific article published on 01 June 1990

Association of the CT values of real-time PCR of viral upper respiratory tract infection with clinical severity, Kenya

scientific article published in May 2013

Associations between Household-Level Exposures and All-Cause Diarrhea and Pathogen-Specific Enteric Infections in Children Enrolled in Five Sentinel Surveillance Studies

scientific article published on 02 November 2020

Associations between presence of handwashing stations and soap in the home and diarrhoea and respiratory illness, in children less than five years old in rural western Kenya

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Azithromycin in the Treatment of Legionella Pneumonia Requiring Hospitalization

scientific article published on October 29, 2003

Bacteremia with Streptococcus pneumoniae. Implications for therapy and prevention. Franklin County Pneumonia Study Group

scientific article published on January 1996

Bacteremic typhoid fever in children in an urban slum, Bangladesh

scientific article published in February 2005

Bacterial genome-wide association study of hyper-virulent pneumococcal serotype 1 identifies genetic variation associated with neurotropism

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

Bartonella strains in small mammals from Dhaka, Bangladesh, related to Bartonella in America and Europe

scientific article published in September 2007

Bartonellaspp. in Bats, Kenya

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Bats are a major natural reservoir for hepaciviruses and pegiviruses

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Beyond efficacy: The full public health impact of vaccines

scientific article published on 22 January 2016

Bloodstream Infections and Frequency of Pretreatment Associated With Age and Hospitalization Status in Sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published in November 2015

Building laboratory capacity to detect and characterize pathogens of public and global health security concern in Kenya

scientific article published on 10 May 2019

Burden and aetiology of diarrhoeal disease in infants and young children in developing countries (the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, GEMS): a prospective, case-control study

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Burden of typhoid and paratyphoid fever in a densely populated urban community, Dhaka, Bangladesh

scientific article published on 16 March 2010

Caretakers' perception towards using zinc to treat childhood diarrhoea in rural western Kenya

scientific article published on September 2013

Carriage Dynamics of Pneumococcal Serotypes in Naturally Colonized Infants in a Rural African Setting During the First Year of Life

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

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 2005.

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Changing epidemiology of group A streptococcal infection in the USA.

scientific article published in November 1990

Chikungunya fever: an epidemiological review of a re-emerging infectious disease

scientific article published on September 2009

Child Mortality in Mozambique: a Review of Recent Trends and Attributable Causes

scholarly article by Antonio Sitoe et al published 16 June 2018 in Current tropical medicine reports

Cholera outbreak in Kenyan refugee camp: risk factors for illness and importance of sanitation

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Cigarette smoking and invasive pneumococcal disease. Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Team

scientific article (publication date: 9 March 2000)

Clinical characteristics of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection as the sole cause of community-acquired pneumonia

scientific article published on August 1999

Clinical outcomes of bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia in the era of antibiotic resistance

scientific article published on 10 August 2001

Clinical outcomes of meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in the era of antibiotic resistance

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Clinical presentation of nipah virus infection in Bangladesh

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Clinical value of Tubex and Typhidot rapid diagnostic tests for typhoid fever in an urban community clinic in Bangladesh

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Clinical, environmental, and behavioral characteristics associated with Cryptosporidium infection among children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea in rural western Kenya, 2008-2012: The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS)

scholarly article by Miranda J Delahoy et al published July 2018 in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Colonization factors among enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolates from children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea and from matched controls in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS)

Combined effects of antenatal receipt of influenza vaccine by mothers and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine receipt by infants: results from a randomized, blinded, controlled trial

scientific article published on 8 January 2013

Commerson's leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros commersoni) is the likely reservoir of Shimoni bat virus

scientific article published on 25 August 2011

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, 2007

scientific article published on December 1, 2011

Community outbreak of Legionnaires' disease: an investigation confirming the potential for cooling towers to transmit Legionella species

scientific article published on 01 February 1996

Community participation to refine measures of socio-economic status in urban slum settings in Kenya

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Community perceptions of bloody diarrhoea in an urban slum in South Asia: implications for introduction of a Shigella vaccine

scientific article published on 14 June 2010

Community-acquired pneumonia in adults: guidelines for management. The Infectious Diseases Society of America

scientific article published on April 1998

Communitywide outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a grocery store mist machine

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Comparison of Binax Legionella Urinary Antigen EIA kit with Binax RIA Urinary Antigen kit for detection of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 antigen

scientific article published on June 1996

Comparison of Legionella pneumophila isolates by arbitrarily primed PCR and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis: analysis from seven epidemic investigations

scientific article published on November 1995

Comparison of Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal Swabs for the Diagnosis of Eight Respiratory Viruses by Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays

scientific article published on June 30, 2011

Comparison of a Pneumococcal Common Protein (PsaA) Antibody ELISA and a PsaA Immune Complex ELISA for Detection of Pneumococcal Serum Antibody

scientific article published on January 1, 1998

Comprehensive Assessment of Maize Aflatoxin Levels in Eastern Kenya, 2005–2007

scientific article published on August 15, 2011

Coxiella burnetii in humans, domestic ruminants, and ticks in rural western Kenya

scientific article published on 4 February 2013

Defining the phylogenomics of Shigella species: a pathway to diagnostics

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Demographic, socio-economic and geographic determinants of seasonal influenza vaccine uptake in rural western Kenya, 2011.

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Dengue fever outbreak in a recreation club, Dhaka, Bangladesh

scientific article published in April 2004

Detection of influenza A virus in live bird markets in Kenya, 2009–2011

scientific article published on April 19, 2012

Detection of novel SARS-like and other coronaviruses in bats from Kenya

scientific article published on March 2009

Determinants of linear growth faltering among children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study

scientific article published on 25 November 2019

Development and Implementation of Multiplex TaqMan Array Cards for Specimen Testing at Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Site Laboratories

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Diarrhea in young children from low-income countries leads to large-scale alterations in intestinal microbiota composition

scientific article

Diarrheal disease constitutes one of the top two causes of mortality among young children in developing countries. Preface

scientific article published on 29 April 2013

Diarrhoea, enteric pathogen detection and nutritional indicators among controls in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, Kenya site: an opportunity to understand reference populations in case-control studies of diarrhoea

scientific article published on 15 November 2018

Diarrhoeal disease and subsequent risk of death in infants and children residing in low-income and middle-income countries: analysis of the GEMS case-control study and 12-month GEMS-1A follow-on study

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Differing Burden and Epidemiology of Non-Typhi Salmonella Bacteremia in Rural and Urban Kenya, 2006–2009

scientific article published on February 21, 2012

Discovery of diverse polyomaviruses in bats and the evolutionary history of the Polyomaviridae

scientific article published on 12 December 2012

Disparities by sex in care-seeking behaviors and treatment outcomes for pneumonia among children admitted to hospitals in Bangladesh

scientific article published on 07 March 2019

Does the length of specimen storage affect influenza testing results by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction? an analysis of influenza surveillance specimens, 2008 to 2010.

scientific article published on 11 September 2014

Drought-associated chikungunya emergence along coastal East Africa

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Drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in selected urban and rural areas in Bangladesh

scientific article published on January 2005

Early signals of vaccine driven perturbation seen in pneumococcal carriage population genomic data

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Effect of infant immunisation on childhood mortality in rural Bangladesh: analysis of health and demographic surveillance data

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Effectiveness of maternal influenza immunization in mothers and infants

scientific article published on 17 September 2008

Effectiveness of monovalent rotavirus vaccine against hospitalization with acute rotavirus gastroenteritis in Kenyan children

scientific article published on 20 July 2019

Efficacy of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants in developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

scientific article published on 6 August 2010

Efficacy of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in a high HIV prevalence population in Kenya

scientific article published on April 27, 2012

Emergence of antibody to capsular polysaccharides of Streptococcus pneumoniae during outbreaks of pneumonia: association with nasopharyngeal colonization

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Emergence of drug-resistant pneumococcal infections in the United States

scientific article published on 01 June 1994

Entomologic investigations of a chikungunya virus epidemic in the Union of the Comoros, 2005.

scientific article published in January 2008

Epidemic cholera in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, 2009: the importance of sanitation and soap

scientific article published on March 12, 2012

Epidemiologic and Clinical Aspects of a Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Humans in Tanzania, 2007

scientific article published on August 1, 2010

Epidemiology and risk factors for serogroup X meningococcal meningitis during an outbreak in western Kenya, 2005-2006.

scientific article published on April 2009

Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Bangladeshi Children Before Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

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Epidemiology of Respiratory Infections Caused by Atypical Bacteria in Two Kenyan Refugee Camps

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

Epidemiology of emerging pneumococcal drug resistance: implications for treatment and prevention.

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Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus infection in rural and urban Kenya

scientific article published on December 2013

Epidemiology of respiratory viral infections in two long-term refugee camps in Kenya, 2007-2010

scientific article published on January 17, 2012

Epidemiology, Seasonality and Factors Associated with Rotavirus Infection among Children with Moderate-to-Severe Diarrhea in Rural Western Kenya, 2008-2012: The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS)

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Epidemiology, Seasonality, and Burden of Influenza and Influenza-Like Illness in Urban and Rural Kenya, 2007-2010

scientific article published on December 15, 2012

Establishing a One Health office in Kenya

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Estimated global mortality associated with the first 12 months of 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1 virus circulation: a modelling study

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Etiologies of bacterial meningitis in Bangladesh: results from a hospital-based study

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Etiology and Incidence of Viral and Bacterial Acute Respiratory Illness among Older Children and Adults in Rural Western Kenya, 2007–2010

scientific article published on August 24, 2012

Evaluation of effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide vaccine for HIV-infected patients

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Evaluation of the magnitude of the 1993 hantavirus outbreak in the southwestern United States.

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Evaluation of the optimal recall period for disease symptoms in home-based morbidity surveillance in rural and urban Kenya

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Evaluation of three rapid diagnostic tests for cholera: does the skill level of the technician matter?

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Evaluation of urine pneumococcal antigen test performance among adults in Western Kenya

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Evidence against infection with hantaviruses among forest and park workers in the southwestern United States

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Examining strain diversity and phylogeography in relation to an unusual epidemic pattern of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in a long-term refugee camp in Kenya

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Examining the Use of Oral Rehydration Salts and Other Oral Rehydration Therapy for Childhood Diarrhea in Kenya

scientific article published on December 1, 2011

Exploring Household Economic Impacts of Childhood Diarrheal Illnesses in 3 African Settings

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

Factors Associated with the Duration of Moderate-to-Severe Diarrhea among Children in Rural Western Kenya Enrolled in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, 2008-2012.

scientific article published in July 2017

Factors associated with typical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection among children <5 years old with moderate-to-severe diarrhoea in rural western Kenya, 2008-2012

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Field evaluation of simple rapid tests in the diagnosis of syphilis

scientific article published in May 2008

First Outbreak of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, Bangladesh

scientific article (publication date: July 2002)

Flocculant-disinfectant point-of-use water treatment for reducing arsenic exposure in rural Bangladesh

scientific article published in February 2009

Fluoroquinolone-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 in northeastern Bangladesh.

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Genetic analysis of H3N2 influenza A viruses isolated in 2006-2007 in Nairobi, Kenya

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Genetic characterization of Nipah virus, Bangladesh, 2004.

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Geocoding and linking data from population-based surveillance and the US Census to evaluate the impact of median household income on the epidemiology of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections.

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Global Distribution of Invasive Serotype 35D Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates following Introduction of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine.

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Global Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Related Infant Community Deaths

scientific article published on 01 September 2021

Global and regional burden of hospital admissions for severe acute lower respiratory infections in young children in 2010: a systematic analysis

scientific article published on 29 January 2013

Global burden of respiratory infections due to seasonal influenza in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Global diarrhoea-associated mortality estimates and models in children: Recommendations for dataset and study selection

scientific article published in July 2021

Global emergence and population dynamics of divergent serotype 3 CC180 pneumococci

scientific article published on 26 November 2018

Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study

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Guideline for prevention of nosocomial pneumonia. The Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

scientific article published on 01 August 1994

Guideline for prevention of nosocomial pneumonia. The Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

scientific article published on 01 September 1994

Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems Within the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Health care seeking for Childhood Diarrhea in Developing Countries: Evidence from Seven Sites in Africa and Asia

scientific article published on April 29, 2013

Health care utilization for acute illnesses in an urban setting with a refugee population in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional survey

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Health care-seeking behavior during childhood diarrheal illness: results of health care utilization and attitudes surveys of caretakers in western Kenya, 2007-2010

scientific article published on 29 April 2013

Health-seeking patterns among participants of population-based morbidity surveillance in rural western Kenya: implications for calculating disease rates

scientific article published on 25 August 2010

Healthcare-seeking behaviour for common infectious disease-related illnesses in rural Kenya: a community-based house-to-house survey

scientific article published in February 2011

Healthcare-use for Major Infectious Disease Syndromes in an Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

scientific article published on April 1, 2011

High Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Eight Months After Introduction in Nairobi, Kenya

High Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization prevalence among HIV-infected Kenyan parents in the year before pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction

scientific article published on 16 January 2016

High burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in young children in rural western Kenya, 2010-2011.

scientific article published on January 2014

High mortality in a cholera outbreak in western Kenya after post-election violence in 2008.

scientific article published on December 2009

High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health

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High prevalence of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae among children in a rural Kentucky community.

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High rate of pneumococcal bacteremia in a prospective cohort of older children and adults in an area of high HIV prevalence in rural western Kenya

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High seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 but low infection fatality ratio eight months after introduction in Nairobi, Kenya

Home-based HIV testing and counseling in rural and urban Kenyan communities

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Hospital-Based Surveillance for Japanese Encephalitis at Four Sites in Bangladesh, 2003-2005

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Hospitalized patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Kenya

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Human Infection with Rickettsia felis, Kenya

scientific article published in July 2010

Human aflatoxin exposure in Kenya, 2007: a cross-sectional study

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Human metapneumovirus infection among children, Bangladesh

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Identification of in vivo-induced bacterial protein antigens during human infection with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi

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Identification of potential vectors of and detection of antibodies against Rift Valley fever virus in livestock during interepizootic periods

scientific article published on May 2010

IgA and neutralizing antibodies to influenza a virus in human milk: a randomized trial of antenatal influenza immunization

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Illuminating Child Mortality: Discovering Why Children Die

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Immunogenicity of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in African infants

scientific article published on April 27, 2012

Impact of 10-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Introduction on Pneumococcal Carriage and Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns among Children aged <5 Years and Adults with HIV Infection, Kenya 2009-2013

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Impact of implementation of free high-quality health care on health facility attendance by sick children in rural western Kenya

scientific article published on 29 March 2011

Impact of penicillin susceptibility on medical outcomes for adult patients with bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Impact of the introduction of rotavirus vaccine on hospital admissions for diarrhoea among children in Kenya: A controlled interrupted time series analysis

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Improving Capture of Vaccine History: Case Study from an Evaluation of 10-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Introduction in Kenya

scientific article published on 02 May 2016

Improving the Sensitivity of Blood Culture for Streptococcus pneumoniae

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In-depth assessment of an outbreak of Nipah encephalitis with person-to-person transmission in Bangladesh: implications for prevention and control strategies.

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Incidence of community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization. Results of a population-based active surveillance Study in Ohio. The Community-Based Pneumonia Incidence Study Group

scientific article published on August 1997

Incidence of influenza virus infection in early infancy: a prospective study in South Asia

scientific article published on February 2011

Incidence of invasive salmonella disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicentre population-based surveillance study

scientific article published on March 2017

Increased Rates of Respiratory and Diarrheal Illnesses in HIV-Negative Persons Living With HIV-Infected Individuals in a Densely Populated Urban Slum in Kenya

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Increasing isolations of Neisseria meningitides serogroup A from blood and cerebrospinal fluid in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1999-2006.

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Incubation of water samples containing amoebae improves detection of legionellae by the culture method

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Influenza A and B infection in children in urban slum, Bangladesh

scientific article published on October 2007

Influenza Immunization in Pregnancy — Antibody Responses in Mothers and Infants

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Influenza and malaria coinfection among young children in western Kenya, 2009-2011.

scientific article published on 14 September 2012

Influenza in Africa: uncovering the epidemiology of a long-overlooked disease

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Influenza vaccine concurrently administered with a combination measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine to young children

scientific article published on 08 December 2009

Initial findings from a novel population-based child mortality surveillance approach: a descriptive study

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

International genomic definition of pneumococcal lineages, to contextualise disease, antibiotic resistance and vaccine impact

scientific article published on 16 April 2019

International links between Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine serotype 4 sequence type (ST) 801 in Northern European shipyard outbreaks of invasive pneumococcal disease

scientific article published on 05 January 2022

Introductory Article on Global Burden and Epidemiology of Typhoid Fever

scholarly article published by Robert F Breiman in 2018

Intussusception Cases Among Children Admitted to Referral Hospitals in Kenya, 2002-2013: Implications for Monitoring Postlicensure Safety of Rotavirus Vaccines in Africa

scientific article published on 25 August 2015

Intussusception surveillance in a rural demographic surveillance area in bangladesh

scientific article published on November 2009

Invasive pneumococcal disease among children in rural Bangladesh: results from a population-based surveillance

scientific article published on March 2009

Invasive pneumococcal disease burden and implications for vaccine policy in urban Bangladesh.

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Investigating the Feasibility of Child Mortality Surveillance With Postmortem Tissue Sampling: Generating Constructs and Variables to Strengthen Validity and Reliability in Qualitative Research

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Isolation and characterization of a novel Rickettsia species (Rickettsia asembonensis sp. nov.) obtained from cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis).

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Key features of invasive pneumococcal isolates recovered in Lima, Peru determined through whole genome sequencing

scientific article published on 22 July 2017

Laboratory epidemiologist: skilled partner in field epidemiology and disease surveillance in Kenya

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

Lack of evidence of avian-to-human transmission of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus among poultry workers, Kano, Nigeria, 2006

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Lagos bat virus in Kenya

scientific article published on 27 February 2008

Legionnaires' disease: clinical, epidemiological, and public health perspectives

scientific article published on June 1, 1998

Leptospirosis as a cause of fever in urban Bangladesh

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Leptospirosis during dengue outbreak, Bangladesh

scientific article published in May 2005

Lessons from the 2006–2007 Rift Valley fever outbreak in East Africa: implications for prevention of emerging infectious diseases

Limited Added Value of Oropharyngeal Swabs for Detecting Pneumococcal Carriage in Adults

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

Linking human health and livestock health: a "one-health" platform for integrated analysis of human health, livestock health, and economic welfare in livestock dependent communities

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Long-term neurological and functional outcome in Nipah virus infection

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Loss of leishmanin skin test antigen sensitivity and potency in a longitudinal study of visceral leishmaniasis in Bangladesh.

scientific article published in October 2006

Lyssavirus surveillance in bats, Bangladesh

scientific article published on March 2006

Malaria Parasitemia Among Febrile Patients Seeking Clinical Care at an Outpatient Health Facility in an Urban Informal Settlement Area in Nairobi, Kenya

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Malaria in Kakuma refugee camp, Turkana, Kenya: facilitation of Anopheles arabiensis vector populations by installed water distribution and catchment systems

scientific article published on June 4, 2011

Marburg virus in fruit bat, Kenya

scientific article published on February 2010

Meeting Report: WHO Workshop on modelling global mortality and aetiology estimates of enteric pathogens in children under five. Cape Town, 28-29th November 2018

scientific article published on 03 April 2020

Minimizing the impact of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (DRSP). A strategy from the DRSP Working Group

scientific article published on January 1996

Molecular Surveillance Identifies Multiple Transmissions of Typhoid in West Africa

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

Molecular characterization of a globally distributed lineage of serotype 12F Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive disease

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis and Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis in fleas from human habitats, Asembo, Kenya

scientific article published on 15 May 2013

Molecular detection of adenoviruses, rhabdoviruses, and paramyxoviruses in bats from Kenya

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Molecular epidemiology of geographically dispersed Vibrio cholerae, Kenya, January 2009-May 2010.

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More than 10 Years of Unrecognized Nosocomial Transmission of Legionnaires' Disease among Transplant Patients

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Mortality Surveillance Methods to Identify and Characterize Deaths in Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network Sites

article by Navit T Salzberg et al published 1 October 2019 in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Mortality trends from 2003 to 2009 among adolescents and young adults in rural Western Kenya using a health and demographic surveillance system

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Mortality trends observed in population-based surveillance of an urban slum settlement, Kibera, Kenya, 2007-2010.

scientific article published on 28 January 2014

Multicountry Distribution and Characterization of Extended-spectrum β-Lactamase-associated Gram-negative Bacteria From Bloodstream Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Multihospital surveillance of pneumonia burden among children aged <5 years hospitalized for pneumonia in Bangladesh

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Multiple Introductions and Predominance of Rotavirus Group A Genotype G3P[8] in Kilifi, Coastal Kenya, 4 Years after Nationwide Vaccine Introduction

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Multiple antimicrobial resistance of pneumococci in children with otitis media, bacteremia, and meningitis in Slovakia.

scientific article published in June 1995

Neonatal outcomes after influenza immunization during pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 21 February 2012

Nipah virus encephalitis reemergence, Bangladesh

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Non-pneumococcal mitis-group streptococci confound detection of pneumococcal capsular serotype-specific loci in upper respiratory tract

scientific article published on 25 June 2013

Nosocomial Legionnaires' disease and use of medication nebulizers

scientific article published on 01 March 1991

Nutritional Status of Under-five Children Living in an Informal Urban Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

scientific article published on August 1, 2011

Origin of dengue type 3 viruses associated with the dengue outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2000 and 2001.

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Outbreak of Beriberi among African Union Troops in Mogadishu, Somalia

scientific article published on December 21, 2011

Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease among cruise ship passengers exposed to a contaminated whirlpool spa

scientific article published in The Lancet

Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a display whirlpool spa.

scientific article published in December 2000

Outbreak of Pneumonia in a Long‐term Care Facility: Antecedent Human Parainfluenza Virus 1 Infection May Predispose to Bacterial Pneumonia

scientific article published on September 1, 1998

Outbreak of invasive group A streptococcal infections in a nursing home. Lessons on prevention and control

scientific article published on May 1, 1992

Overview and Development of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Determination of Cause of Death (DeCoDe) Process and DeCoDe Diagnosis Standards

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Parainfluenza virus infection among adults hospitalized for lower respiratory tract infection

scientific article published in July 1999

Pathologic studies on suspect animal and human cases of Rift Valley fever from an outbreak in Eastern Africa, 2006-2007.

scientific article

Person-to-person transmission of Nipah virus in a Bangladeshi community

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

scientific article published on 9 March 2016

Phylogeographical analysis of the dominant multidrug-resistant H58 clade of Salmonella Typhi identifies inter- and intracontinental transmission events

scientific article published on 11 May 2015

Pneumococcal bacteremia in Charleston County, South Carolina. A decade later

scientific article published in July 1990

Pneumococcal carriage and antibiotic susceptibility patterns from two cross-sectional colonization surveys among children aged <5 years prior to the introduction of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine - Kenya, 2009-2010

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Pneumococcal immunization: from policy to practice

scientific article published in September 1990

Pneumococcal lineages associated with serotype replacement and antibiotic resistance in childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in the post-PCV13 era: an international whole-genome sequencing study

scientific article published on 10 June 2019

Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine efficacy. An evaluation of current recommendations

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Pneumococcal vaccine after 15 years of use. Another view

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Pneumococcal vaccine--past, present, and future

scientific article published on 01 November 1991

Population genetic structure, antibiotic resistance, capsule switching and evolution of invasive pneumococci before conjugate vaccination in Malawi

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

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