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

BACKGROUND: Refugees are at risk for poor outcomes from acute respiratory infections (ARI) because of overcrowding, suboptimal living conditions, and malnutrition. We implemented surveillance for respiratory viruses in Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps in Kenya to characterize their role in the epidem...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Jamal A, Katz, Mark A, Auko, Eric, Njenga, M Kariuki, Weinberg, Michelle, Kapella, Bryan K, Burke, Heather, Nyoka, Raymond, Gichangi, Anthony, Waiboci, Lilian W, Mahamud, Abdirahman, Qassim, Mohamed, Swai, Babu, Wagacha, Burton, Mutonga, David, Nguhi, Margaret, Breiman, Robert F, Eidex, Rachel B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3398263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22251705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-7