The population-based burden of influenza-associated hospitalization in rural western Kenya, 2007–2009

Children under five years of age in senegal: A group highly exposed to respiratory viruses infections

“…Among many examples we can cite the studies carried out in other low and middle-income countries including Bangladesh [43], Kenya [44], Mozambique, South Africa [45] El Salvador [46], Costa Rica [47], in Jordan [17], in Vietnam [29] and Thailand [48]. Otherwise, the proportion in Senegal (10.1%) was similar to that reported in Cameroon [18], in Mozambique [49] or Nepal [50].…”

Comparison of severe acute respiratory illness (sari) and clinical pneumonia case definitions for the detection of influenza virus infections among hospitalized patients, western Kenya, 2009‐2013

“…It is culturally homogenous and almost entirely rural. The area is endemic for malaria with a high child mortality rate (212 deaths per 1000 live births in 2008) 14 and a high HIV prevalence (14% in 2008) 15. In 2006–2008, the burden of acute lower respiratory illness—calculated using a modified version of the IMCI pneumonia case definition—was 0·36 episodes per year for children aged <5 years and 0·067 episodes per year for persons aged ≥5 years 9…”

Influenza-Associated Morbidity and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

“…Similarly high (3.5%) case-fatality rates among children <5 years of age were observed during an influenza outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002 [41]. In the population based-study conducted in rural western Kenya, the case-fatality rate among admitted patients with PCR-confirmed infection with influenza virus was 2.0% [27].…”

“…The annual rate of hospitalization (per 100 000 population) was 56.2 among patients with influenza. The rate of influenza-associated hospitalization was highest among children aged less than 5 years [27].…”