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Postmortem Study of Cause of Death Among Children Hospitalized With Respiratory Illness in Kenya
BACKGROUND: In resource-limited settings, acute respiratory infections continue to be the leading cause of death in young children. We conducted postmortem investigations in children <5 years hospitalized with a clinical diagnosis of respiratory disease at Kenya’s largest referral hospital. METHO...
Autores principales: | Njuguna, Henry N., Zaki, Sherif R., Roberts, Drucilla J., Rogena, Emily A., Walong, Edwin, Fligner, Corinne L., Keating, M. Kelly, Gachii, Andrew K., Maleche-Obimbo, Elizabeth, Irimu, Grace, Mathaiya, John, Orata, Noelle, Lopokoiyit, Rosemarie, Michuki, Jackson, Emukule, Gideon O., Onyango, Clayton O., Gikunju, Stella, Owuor, Collins, Muturi, Peter K., Bunei, Milka, Gloria Carvalho, Maria, Fields, Barry, Mott, Joshua A., Widdowson, Marc-Alain, Chaves, Sandra S. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8274582/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33967229 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000003159 |
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